←Hosea 11→BSB

In This Chapter 3 people 6 places 20 terms 1 resource

People

Israel 5 Jacob (Patriarch) Jeshurun (Israel)

Places

    Key Terms

    Love 5 Holy 5 Defection 4 Well-Established 3 Deceit (Act) 2 To Love Love (Appreciation) Be Holy Holy (Pure) Holy Thing Most Holy Place Holiness Holy (Devout) Hallow Sanctuary Deceit (Deception) Deceive Deceit (Betrayal) Laziness Deceit (Covert)

    Resources

    Mercy Articles

    Out of Egypt I Called My Son

    (Matthew 2:13–15)

    ⓘ God agonized over Israel’s unfaithfulness. Despite all he...

    God agonized over Israel’s unfaithfulness. Despite all he had done, Israel had become a rebel. Justice required severe punishment, but the final sentence for Israel would be determined by God’s tender compassion for his people, not by an abstract principle.
    1When Israel was a child, I loved him,and out of Egypt I called My son.†2But the more I called Israel,the farther they departed from Me.†They sacrificed to the Baalsand burned incense to carved images.
    ⓘ God’s nurture of the infant Israel was marked...

    God’s nurture of the infant Israel was marked by kindness and love.
    3It was I who taught Ephraim† to walk,taking them by the arms,but they never realizedthat it was I who healed them.4I led them with cords of kindness,with ropes of love;I lifted the yoke from their necksand bent down to feed them.
    ⓘ Because the Israelites had refused to return to...

    Because the Israelites had refused to return to the Lord, they would return to Egypt and . . . serve Assyria. Their past bondage in Egypt was a symbol for their coming exile in Assyria.
    5Will they not return to the land of Egyptand be ruled by Assyriabecause they refused to repent?6A sword will flash through their cities;it will destroy the bars of their gatesand consume them in their own plans.7My people are bent on turning from Me.Though they call to the Most High,He will by no means exalt them.

    God’s Love for Israel

    8How could I give you up, O Ephraim?How could I surrender you, O Israel?How could I make you like Admah?How could I treat you like Zeboiim?My heart is turned within Me;My compassion is stirred!9I will not execute the full fury of My anger;I will not destroy Ephraim again.For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.
    ⓘ Israel’s sin would not have the final word;...

    Israel’s sin would not have the final word; God, in his holy love, would roar like a lion (see Amos 1:2; 3:8) to call his people home from exile.
    10They will walk after the LORD;He will roar like a lion.When He roars,His children will come trembling from the west.11They will come trembling like birds from Egyptand like doves from the land of Assyria.Then I will settle them in their homes,declares the LORD.
    ⓘ Israel had perpetrated lies and deceit since the...

    Israel had perpetrated lies and deceit since the time of Jacob.
    12Ephraim surrounds Me with lies,the house of Israel with deceit;but Judah still walks with Godand is faithful to the Holy One.†