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Hosea 5:9

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One thing is certain, Israel: On your day of punishment, you will become a heap of rubble.

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What he destroys cannot be rebuilt. When he puts someone in prison, there is no escape.

They told him, “This is what King Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble, insults, and disgrace. It is like when a child is ready to be born, but the mother has no strength to deliver the baby.

Only I can tell you the future before it even happens. Everything I plan will come to pass, for I do whatever I wish.

Long ago I told you what was going to happen. Then suddenly I took action, and all my predictions came true.

That is why I told you what would happen; I told you beforehand what I was going to do. Then you could never say, ‘My idols did it. My wooden image and metal god commanded it to happen!’

For before the child is that old, the lands of the two kings you fear so much will both be deserted.

I will destroy Israel as a moth consumes wool. I will make Judah as weak as rotten wood.

I will be like a lion to Israel, like a strong young lion to Judah. I will tear them to pieces! I will carry them off, and no one will be left to rescue them.

But as they fly about, I will throw my net over them and bring them down like a bird from the sky. I will punish them for all the evil they do.

The people of Israel have been swallowed up; they lie among the nations like an old discarded pot.

The time of Israel’s punishment has come; the day of payment is here. Soon Israel will know this all too well. Because of your great sin and hostility, you say, “The prophets are crazy and the inspired men are fools!”

Indeed, the Sovereign Lord never does anything until he reveals his plans to his servants the prophets.

But this is what the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in this city, and your sons and daughters will be killed. Your land will be divided up, and you yourself will die in a foreign land. And the people of Israel will certainly become captives in exile, far from their homeland.’”

The pagan shrines of your ancestors will be ruined, and the temples of Israel will be destroyed; I will bring the dynasty of King Jeroboam to a sudden end.”

“Therefore, I will wound you! I will bring you to ruin for all your sins.

But everything I said through my servants the prophets happened to your ancestors, just as I said. As a result, they repented and said, ‘We have received what we deserved from the Lord of Heaven’s Armies. He has done what he said he would do.’”

Yes, I’m telling you these things now, so that when they happen, you will remember my warning. I didn’t tell you earlier because I was going to be with you for a while longer.




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