ISRAEL HAD BEEN WICKED -- Hosea Five -- Hosea five pictures God's prophecy of destruction and punishment against the Northern Kingdom known as Israel. These people are sometimes called Ephraim. The priests, rulers and the people had committed spiritual whoredom against God. Hear the words of Hosea... [ Continue Reading ]
_ISRAEL IS DEFILED -- HOSEA 5:1-4:_ It was the duty of the priest to lead the people into worship of the true God. Instead they set a snare and got the people caught in the snare of idolatry. At Mizpah and Mount Tabor even the royal family had become a trap for the people instead of a blessing. In t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PRIDE OF ISRAEL -- HOSEA 5:5-7:_ The pride of Israel contributed to their sins. Pride is: (1) an overvalued sense of one's own personal value or an excessively high opinion of oneself, (2) arrogant or disdainful conduct, (3) haughtiness or conceit. The pride of Israel testified to their guilt a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPENT -- HOSEA 5:8-12:_ God said, Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. (Hosea 5:8) Trumpets were used to warn a nation that they were under attack. This warning was to be heard in Gibeah, Ramah, and sinful Bethel.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SEEKING THE LORD -- HOSEA 5:13-15:_ Sadly when the punishment started God's people turned to Assyria for help. How sad, "When Israel and Judah saw their sickness and wounds, Israel asked help from Assyria. Jareb is "A symbolical name for Assyria." Assyria could not help or cure Israel of her wounds... [ Continue Reading ]