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In This Chapter 3 people 3 places 64 terms 1 theme

People

Israel 4 Jacob (Patriarch) Jeshurun (Israel)

Places

    Key Terms

    Perceive 6 Transgression 5 Out of Free Will 3 Majesty 3 Rebel (Against Authority) 3 Spare (Release) 2 Save (Help) 2 Defection 2 Love 2 Upright 2 To Sin Sin Guilt (State) Sin (Act) Sin (Incur Guilt) Guilty (Responsible) Guilt (Consequence) Guiltiness Trespass (Sin) Sinful Sin (Offense) To Stand Guilty Sin (Guilty) Sin (Wrongdoing) Guilty Considered Guilty Guilty Of Sin Previously Sin Against Forgive Forgive (Remove Guilt) Forgive (Grant Pardon) Hand Over Forgiveness (Remove Guilt) Forgive (Wipe Out) Forgiveness (Pardon) Have Mercy To Cover (Forgive) Cover (Figurative) Forgiving Salvation Salvation (State) Save (Restore) Salvation (Physical) Salvation (Deliverance) Salvation (Rescuer) Save (Rescue) Salvation (Means) Saving (Means) To Love Love (Appreciation) The Way Way of Life Way of the Lord (Metaphorical) Way to Live Way of Life Straightness Straight Be Straight Rebel (Act) Rebellion (Offense) Be Rebellious Rebellion Rebelliousness

    Themes

    The Grace of God

    A Call to Repentance

    (Jeremiah 3:11–25; Zechariah 1:1–6)

    ⓘ Destruction was not God’s last word to his...

    Destruction was not God’s last word to his covenant people. Although judgment must come, God’s healing, restoring grace is always more powerful than human sin.
    1Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God,for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
    ⓘ Hosea composed a model prayer of confession to...
    • Hosea composed a model prayer of confession to help his people return to the Lord. God’s prophets not only identified with God in his outrage over Israel’s rebellion; they also identified with the people in their broken condition (see also Dan 9:4–19).
    • Forgive all our sins: The Israelites should throw themselves upon God’s mercy and grace, freely acknowledging their many sins.
    • so that we may offer you our praises: Israel’s inclination was to offer animal sacrifices for sin, but the Lord had made it clear that sacrifices were not the solution (see Hos 6:6). Israel should offer God genuine repentance.
    2Bring your confessionsand return to the LORD.Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquityand receive us graciously,that we may presentthe fruit of our lips.†3Assyria will not save us,nor will we ride on horses.We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’to the work of our own hands.
    For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

    A Promise of God’s Blessing

    4I will heal their apostasy;I will freely love them,for My anger has turned away from them.
    ⓘ Hosea describes the effect of God’s healing love...

    Hosea describes the effect of God’s healing love on repentant Israel. God promises to provide the fertility that Israel had sought from the baals.
    5I will be like the dew to Israel;he will blossom like the lilyand take root like the cedars of Lebanon.6His shoots will sprout,and his splendor will be like the olive tree,his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.7They will return and dwell in his shade;they will grow grain and blossom like the vine.His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
    8O Ephraim,† what have I to doanymore with idols?It is I who answer and watch over him.I am like a flourishing cypress;†your fruit comes from Me.
    9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;whoever is discerning, let him know them.For the ways of the LORD are right,and the righteous walk in thembut the rebellious stumble in them.