- Love and Redemption
- A Strange Thing
- A Door of Hope
- God’s Love
- The Charges
- The Charges – Part 2 – Idolatry
- Apostasy – The Rebuke
- Apostasy – The Result
- A Call to Return
- From Bad to Worse – Israel’s Failures
- Forgotten God
- The Glory Departs
- Empty – Part 1
- Empty – Part 2
- God’s Desire
- Heart & Hope
- Turn to thy God
Heart & Hope
Hosea 11:5-12
- Hosea 11:5-12
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5 “He shall not return to the land of Egypt;
But the Assyrian shall be his king,
Because they refused to repent.
6 And the sword shall slash in his cities,
Devour his districts,
And consume them,
Because of their own counsels.
7 My people are bent on backsliding from Me.
Though [a]they call [b]to the Most High,
None at all exalt Him.8 “How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I make you like Admah?
How can I set you like Zeboiim?
My heart [c]churns within Me;
My sympathy is stirred.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of My anger;
I will not again destroy Ephraim.
For I am God, and not man,
The Holy One in your midst;
And I will not [d]come with terror.10 “They shall walk after the Lord.
He will roar like a lion.
When He roars,
Then His sons shall come trembling from the west;
11 They shall come trembling like a bird from Egypt,
Like a dove from the land of Assyria.
And I will let them dwell in their houses,”
Says the Lord.God’s Charge Against Ephraim
12 “Ephraim has encircled Me with lies,
And the house of Israel with deceit;
But Judah still walks with God,
Even with the [e]Holy One who is faithful.
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