HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 12:2 Hosea recounts incidents from Israel’s past in order to display the Lord’s enduring kindness and Israel’s stubborn ingratitude. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 12:3 HE STROVE WITH THE ANGEL AND PREVAILED at Peniel (Genesis 32:24). There the angel touched Jacob’s hip socket and put it out of joint. That divine wounding made Jacob into a new man, Israel. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.le... [ Continue Reading ]
HOSEA—NOTE ON HOSEA 12:5 Hosea again reminds Israel of their spiritual heritage. MEMORIAL NAME. See Exodus 3:15. God’s choosing of Israel is the reason Israel can now return and show LOVE AND JUSTICE to one another. But Israel’s deeds and words (Hosea 12:7) reveal they refuse to HOLD FAST and WAIT C... [ Continue Reading ]