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Hosea 8:10

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Israel went to his ‘lovers’ among the nations.\par But I will gather the Israelites together.\par But they must suffer a little from the burden\par of that mighty king.\par

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The Lord saw that all the Israelites had many troubles, slaves and free men. No person was left that could help Israel.

Shalmaneser king of Assyria came to fight against Hoshea. {Shalmaneser defeated Hoshea} and Hoshea became his servant. So Hoshea paid tribute [198] to Shalmaneser.

Later, Hoshea sent messengers to the king of Egypt {to ask for help}. That king’s name was So. That year, Hoshea did not pay tribute [199] to the king of Assyria like he did every other year. The king of Assyria learned that Hoshea had made plans against him. So the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in jail.

The God of Israel made Pul want to go to war. Pul was the king of Assyria. He was also called Tiglath Pileser. He fought against the people from the family groups of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad. He forced them to leave their homes and made them prisoners. Pul brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and near the Gozan River. Those family groups from Israel have lived in those places since that time until today.

Assyria says to himself, ‘All of my leaders are like kings!

These children are going down to Egypt for help, but they did not ask me if that was the right thing to do. They hope they will be saved by the Pharaoh. {\cf2\super [272]} They want Egypt to protect them.

Then the commander shouted loudly in the Jewish language,

All those people said to him, “Jeremiah, please listen to what we ask. Pray to the Lord your God for all these people that are survivors {\cf2\super [344]} from the family of Judah. Jeremiah, you can see that there are not many of us left. At one time there were many of us.

Most prostitutes force men to pay them for sex. But you gave money to your many lovers. You paid all the men around to come in to have sex with you.

So I am bringing all of your lovers together. I will bring all the men you loved and all the men you hated. I will bring them all together and let them see you naked. {\cf2\super [129]} They will see you completely naked.

Workers put silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin into a fire. They blow on the fire to make it hotter. Then the metals begin to melt. In the same way, I will put you in my fire and melt you. That fire is my hot anger.

“Then Oholah became unfaithful to me—she began to live like a prostitute {\cf2\super [182]} . She began to want her lovers. She saw the Assyrian soldiers

The Lord my Master says these things, “I will bring an enemy from the north against Tyre. That enemy is Nebuchadnezzar, the great king of Babylon! He will bring a very large army. There will be horses, chariots, {\cf2\super [212]} horse soldiers and many, many other soldiers! Those soldiers will be from many different nations.

King, you are the most important king. The God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, strength, and glory.

I will come to punish them. Armies will come together against them. They will punish the Israelites for both of their sins.

\{The Lord says,\} “I have an argument against Israel. {\cf2\super [128]} Jacob {\cf2\super [129]} must be punished for the things he did. He must be punished for the bad things he did.

Why? Because the Lord All-Powerful is saying these things! In just a little while, I will once again shake things up! I will shake heaven and earth. And I will shake the sea and the dry land!




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