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Hosea 13:9

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“Israel, I helped you, but you turned against me. So now I will destroy you.

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This trouble is your own fault. The Lord your God was leading you the right way, but you turned away from him.

You have done wrong, and that will only bring punishment to you. Trouble will come to you, and it will teach you a lesson. Think about it and understand how bad it is to turn away from the Lord your God. It is wrong not to fear and respect me.” This message is from Lord GOD All-Powerful.

“There is no one like the God of Israel! He rides on the clouds in his divine greatness. He comes riding through the skies to help you.

Israel, you fell and sinned against God. So come back to the Lord your God.

You don’t have these blessings because you have done wrong. Your sins have kept these good things away from you.

“Now try asking God to be good to you. But he will not listen to you, and it is all your fault.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

“I have been the Lord your God since the time you were in the land of Egypt. You did not know any other god except me. I am the one who saved you.

But it will be very bad for wicked people, because they, too, will get what they deserve. They will get what they did to others.

The look on their faces shows that they are guilty. They are like the people of Sodom; they don’t care who sees their sin. But it will be very bad for them. They will get what they deserve.

But those who do not find me put their lives in danger. Whoever hates me loves death.”

But a man who commits adultery is a fool. He brings about his own destruction.

It is a great blessing for people to have the God of Jacob to help them. They depend on the Lord their God.

God is our protection and source of strength. He is always ready to help us in times of trouble.

So we will wait for the Lord. He helps us and protects us.

Israel, you are blessed. No other nation is like you. The Lord saved you. He is like a strong shield protecting you. He is like a powerful sword. Your enemies will be afraid of you, and you will put your foot on their backs!”

“The way you lived and the things you did brought this trouble to you. It is your evil that made your life so hard. Your evil life brought the pain that hurts deep in your heart.”

“But you people show that you don’t respect my name. You say that the Lord’s altar is unclean. And you don’t like the food from that altar.

You smell the food and refuse to eat it. You say it is bad. Then you bring sick, crippled, and hurt animals to me. You try to give sick animals to me as sacrifices, but I will not accept them.” This is what the Lord All-Powerful said.

He offered sacrifices to the gods the people of Damascus worshiped. The people of Damascus had defeated Ahaz. So he thought to himself, “The gods the people of Aram worship helped them. So if I offer sacrifices to them, maybe they will help me also.” Ahaz worshiped these gods. In this way he sinned, and he made the people of Israel sin.

They never call to me from their hearts. Yes, they cry on their beds. And they cut themselves when they ask for grain and new wine. But in their hearts, they have turned away from me.

I trained them and made their arms strong, but they made evil plans against me.




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