Hosea 11 - Introduction
* God's regard for Israel; their ingratitude. (1-7) The Divine mercy yet in store. (8-12)... [ Continue Reading ]
* God's regard for Israel; their ingratitude. (1-7) The Divine mercy yet in store. (8-12)... [ Continue Reading ]
1-7 When Israel were weak and helpless as children, foolish and froward as children, then God loved them; he bore them as the nurse does the sucking child, nourished them, and suffered their manners. All who are grown up, ought often to reflect upon the goodness of God to them in their childhood. H... [ Continue Reading ]
8-12 God is slow to anger, and is loth to abandon a people to utter ruin, who have been called by his name. When God was to give a sacrifice for sin, and a Saviour for sinners, he spared not his own Son, that he might spare us. This is the language of the day of his patience; but when men sin that... [ Continue Reading ]