Jehu said, “Come with me. You can see how strong my feelings are for the Lord.”
Hosea 8:2 - Easy To Read Version They yell to me, ‘My God, we in Israel know you!’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then they will cry to Me, My God, we [of Israel] know You! American Standard Version (1901) They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. Common English Bible Israel cries to me, “My God, we know you!” Catholic Public Domain Version They will call on me: "O my God, we, Israel, know you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They shall call upon me: O my God, we, Israel, know thee. |
Jehu said, “Come with me. You can see how strong my feelings are for the Lord.”
But Jehu did not completely turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that caused Israel to sin. Jehu did not destroy the golden calves in Bethel and in Dan.
Don’t trust the lies that some people say. They say, “This is the temple {\cf2\super [52]} of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord {\cf2\super [53]} !”
I will go back to my place,\par until the people admit they are guilty,\par until they come looking for me.\par Yes, in their trouble they will try hard\par to find me.”\par
The judges in Jerusalem accept bribes\par to help them decide who wins in court.\par The priests in Jerusalem must be paid\par before they will teach the people.\par People must pay the prophets\par before they will look into the future.\par And then those leaders expect the Lord\par to help them. They say,\par “The Lord lives here with us.\par So nothing bad will happen to us.”\par
“Later the other girls came. The girls said, ‘Sir, sir, open the door to let us in.’
“Not every person that says that I am his Lord will enter the kingdom of heaven. The only people that will enter the kingdom of heaven are those people that do the things that my Father in heaven wants.
If a man locks the door of his house, then you can stand outside and knock on the door, but he won’t open it. You can say, ‘Sir, open the door for us!’ But the man will answer, ‘I don’t know you! Where did you come from?’
Those people say they know God. But the evil things those people do show that they don’t accept God. They are disgusting people. They refuse to obey and are useless for doing anything good.
A person says, “I know God!” But if that person does not obey God’s commands, then that person is a liar. The truth is not in him.