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Hosea 7:13

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“How horrible it will be for these people. They have run away from me. They must be destroyed because they’ve rebelled against me. I want to reclaim them, but they tell lies about me.

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These are your servants and your people whom you have saved by your great power and your strong hand.

They told God, ‘Leave us alone! What can the Almighty do for us?’

He rescued them from the power of the one who hated them. He rescued them from the enemy.

The Lord declares, “How horrible it will be for those rebellious children. They carry out plans, but not mine. They make alliances against my will. They pile sin on top of sin.

They go to Egypt without asking me. They look for shelter under Pharaoh’s protection and look for refuge in Egypt’s shadow.

How horrible it will be for those who go to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who depend on many chariots, who depend on very strong war horses. They don’t look to the Holy One of Israel. They don’t seek the Lord.

Don’t be afraid, Jacob, you worm. You people of Israel, I will help you,” declares the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel.

The Lord created Jacob and formed Israel. Now, this is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid, because I have reclaimed you. I have called you by name; you are mine.

We have rebelled and denied the Lord. We have turned away from our God. We have spoken about oppression and revolt. We have conceived and uttered lies in our hearts.

He said, “They are my people, children who will not lie to me.” So he became their Savior.

This is what the Lord says about these people: They love to wander. They don’t keep their feet where they belong. So the Lord isn’t happy with them. He will remember their crimes and punish their sins.

You only deceived yourselves when you sent me to the Lord your God and said, ‘Pray to the Lord our God for us, and tell us everything that the Lord our God says, and we’ll do it.’

We wanted to heal Babylon, but it couldn’t be healed. Let’s abandon it and go to our own land. God has judged Babylon. Its judgment is complete.

I will force you out of my sight as I forced out all your relatives, all of Ephraim’s descendants.’

The crown has fallen from our head. Because we have sinned, it has been disastrous for us.

“ ‘How horrible! How horrible it will be for you! declares the Almighty Lord. After all your wickedness,

“What do you mean when you use this proverb about the land of Israel: ‘Fathers have eaten sour grapes, and their children’s teeth are set on edge’?

“But you say, ‘The Lord’s way is unfair.’ Listen, nation of Israel, isn’t my way fair? Isn’t it your ways that are unfair?

My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. They were scattered throughout the whole earth. No one searched or looked for them.

“Ephraim surrounds me with lies. The nation of Israel surrounds me with deceit.” Judah rebels against God, against the Holy One who is faithful.

The more I called them, the farther they went away. They sacrificed to other gods—the Baals, and they burned incense to idols.

They have been unfaithful to the Lord, because their children do not belong to him. Now their New Moon ⌞Festivals⌟ will devour them and their fields.

“Whenever I want to heal Israel, all I can see is Ephraim’s sin and Samaria’s wickedness. People cheat each other. They break into houses and steal. They rob people in the streets.

“They make kings happy with the wicked things they do. They make officials happy with the lies they tell.

Even if they bring up children, I will take those children away before they grow up. Yes, how horrible it will be for them when I leave them.

My God will reject them because they refused to listen to him. They will wander among the nations.

Then the men were terrified. They knew that he was running away from the Lord, because he had told them. They asked Jonah, “Why have you done this?”

Jonah immediately tried to run away from the Lord by going to Tarshish. He went to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish. He paid for the trip and went on board. He wanted to go to Tarshish to get away from the Lord.

The rich people in the city are violent. Those who live in the city speak lies, and their tongues speak deceitfully.

I brought you out of Egypt and freed you from slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you.

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone to death those sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings! But you were not willing!

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and the Lord your God freed you. That’s why I’m giving you this command today.

If we say, “We have never sinned,” we turn God into a liar and his Word is not in us.

I saw an eagle flying overhead, and I heard it say in a loud voice, “Catastrophe, catastrophe, catastrophe for those living on earth, because of the remaining trumpet blasts which the three angels are about to blow.”




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