Book,Chapter,Verse,Teaching,Keywords Hosea,1,1,"Ahaz was a king of Judah","AHAZ,JUDAH,KING" Hosea,1,1,"God gave the words in this book to Hosea","BOOK,GAVE,GOD,HOSEA,WORDS" Hosea,1,1,"Hezekiah was a king of Judah","HEZEKIAH,JUDAH,KING" Hosea,1,1,"Hosea ministered during the days of Ahaz","AHAZ,DAYS,DURING,HOSEA,MINISTERED" Hosea,1,1,"Hosea ministered during the days of Hezekiah","DAYS,DURING,HEZEKIAH,HOSEA,MINISTERED" Hosea,1,1,"Hosea ministered during the days of Jeroboam","DAYS,DURING,HOSEA,JEROBOAM,MINISTERED" Hosea,1,1,"Hosea ministered during the days of Jotham","DAYS,DURING,HOSEA,JOTHAM,MINISTERED" Hosea,1,1,"Hosea ministered during the days of Uzziah","DAYS,DURING,HOSEA,MINISTERED,UZZIAH" Hosea,1,1,"Hosea was a descendant of Beeri","BEERI,DESCENDANT,HOSEA" Hosea,1,1,"Hosea was a prophet","HOSEA,PROPHET" Hosea,1,1,"Jeroboam a descendant of Joash","DESCENDANT,JEROBOAM,JOASH" Hosea,1,1,"Jeroboam was a king of Israel","ISRAEL,JEROBOAM,KING" Hosea,1,1,"Jotham was a king of Judah","JOTHAM,JUDAH,KING" Hosea,1,1,"The words in this book came from the Lord; they are the words of God, not the words of men","BOOK,GOD,LORD,MEN,NOT,WORDS" Hosea,1,1,"Uzziah was a king of Judah","JUDAH,KING,UZZIAH" Hosea,1,2,"Even though Hosea was faithful, God gave him an awful wife because God wanted to use that situation to teach His people an important lesson","AWFUL,BECAUSE,FAITHFUL,GAVE,GOD,HIM,HIS,HOSEA,IMPORTANT,LESSON,PEOPLE,SITUATION,TEACH,USE,WANTED,WIFE" Hosea,1,2,"God commanded Hosea to get married","COMMANDED,GOD,HOSEA,MARRIED" Hosea,1,2,"God commanded Hosea to marry a sexually immoral woman","COMMANDED,GOD,HOSEA,IMMORAL,MARRY,SEXUALLY,WOMAN" Hosea,1,2,"God used Hosea as an object lesson: God was holy, but His wife (the children of Israel) was deeply immoral; God illustrated that by having Hosea marry a woman who was deeply immoral","CHILDREN,DEEPLY,GOD,HIS,HOLY,HOSEA,IMMORAL,ISRAEL,LESSON,MARRY,OBJECT,USED,WHO,WIFE,WOMAN" Hosea,1,2,"In the days of Hosea there were sexually immoral women in the land, in spite of the fact the Mosaic Law commanded that they be put to death; this means the people were not following the law, but were allowing sin to have free reign in their society","ALLOWING,COMMANDED,DAYS,DEATH,FACT,FOLLOWING,FREE,HOSEA,IMMORAL,LAND,LAW,MEANS,MOSAIC,NOT,PEOPLE,PUT,REIGN,SEXUALLY,SIN,SOCIETY,SPITE,THERE,WOMEN" Hosea,1,2,"Sometimes the things that God does to use us is contrary to our happiness, and in fact makes us very unhappy","CONTRARY,FACT,GOD,HAPPINESS,MAKES,OUR,SOMETIMES,THINGS,UNHAPPY,USE" Hosea,1,2,"The Jews had departed from the Lord and became tremendously immoral","BECAME,DEPARTED,IMMORAL,JEWS,LORD" Hosea,1,2,"The reason God commanded Israel to marry a woman who was sexually immoral was because the Jews were guilty of great immorality","BECAUSE,COMMANDED,GOD,GREAT,GUILTY,IMMORAL,IMMORALITY,ISRAEL,JEWS,MARRY,REASON,SEXUALLY,WHO,WOMAN" Hosea,1,2,"There were times when being a prophet was not easy, and instead made life much worse","BEING,EASY,INSTEAD,LIFE,MADE,MUCH,NOT,PROPHET,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WORSE" Hosea,1,2,"There were times when God used prophets as object lessons, to teach things to other people","GOD,LESSONS,OBJECT,PEOPLE,PROPHETS,TEACH,THERE,THINGS,TIMES,USED,WHEN" Hosea,1,2,"There were times when the prophets had to suffer greatly in order to serve the Lord, and had to do very unpleasant things in order to proclaim the message that God gave them","DO,GAVE,GOD,GREATLY,LORD,MESSAGE,ORDER,PROCLAIM,PROPHETS,SERVE,SUFFER,THERE,THINGS,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,1,2,"This book repeats the fact that the words in this book came from God and were given to Hosea","BOOK,FACT,GIVEN,GOD,HOSEA,REPEATS,WORDS" Hosea,1,3,"Gomer was a sexually immoral woman","GOMER,IMMORAL,SEXUALLY,WOMAN" Hosea,1,3,"Gomer was the descendant of Diblaim","DESCENDANT,DIBLAIM,GOMER" Hosea,1,3,"Hosea had a son with Gomer","GOMER,HOSEA,SON" Hosea,1,3,"Hosea married Gomer","GOMER,HOSEA,MARRIED" Hosea,1,3,"Hosea obeyed the Lord and did what God commanded him to do","COMMANDED,DO,GOD,HIM,HOSEA,LORD,OBEYED,WHAT" Hosea,1,4,"God commanded Hosea to name his son Jezreel","COMMANDED,GOD,HIS,HOSEA,JEZREEL,NAME,SON" Hosea,1,4,"God is the one who named Hosea's son","GOD,HOSEA,NAMED,ONE,SON,WHO" Hosea,1,4,"God punishes nations for shedding innocent blood","BLOOD,GOD,INNOCENT,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SHEDDING" Hosea,1,4,"God told the people why He was going to destroy the nation","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HE,NATION,PEOPLE,TOLD,WHY" Hosea,1,4,"God warned the people in advance that He was going to destroy the kingdom of Israel; He did not destroy them without warning","ADVANCE,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,KINGDOM,NOT,PEOPLE,WARNED,WARNING" Hosea,1,4,"God was going to avenge the innocent blood that had been shed","AVENGE,BLOOD,GOD,GOING,INNOCENT,SHED" Hosea,1,4,"God was so angry at the shedding of this innocent blood that He was going to destroy the entire nation of Israel; He was going to put an end to the kingdom of Israel","ANGRY,BLOOD,DESTROY,END,ENTIRE,GOD,GOING,HE,INNOCENT,ISRAEL,KINGDOM,NATION,PUT,SHEDDING" Hosea,1,4,"It seems that innocent blood had been shed in Jezreel by the house of Jehu","BLOOD,HOUSE,INNOCENT,JEHU,JEZREEL,SEEMS,SHED" Hosea,1,4,"Sometimes God gave people prophetic names","GAVE,GOD,NAMES,PEOPLE,PROPHETIC,SOMETIMES" Hosea,1,4,"The house of Jehu had committed a terrible crime","COMMITTED,CRIME,HOUSE,JEHU,TERRIBLE" Hosea,1,4,"The name of Hosea's son was prophetic, and revealed what God was going to do in the near future","DO,FUTURE,GOD,GOING,HOSEA,NAME,NEAR,PROPHETIC,REVEALED,SON,WHAT" Hosea,1,4,"The reason God commanded Hosea to name his son Jezreel was because God was going to avenge the blood of Jezreel","AVENGE,BECAUSE,BLOOD,COMMANDED,GOD,GOING,HIS,HOSEA,JEZREEL,NAME,REASON,SON" Hosea,1,4,"There are times when God destroys nations for shedding innocent blood","BLOOD,DESTROYS,GOD,INNOCENT,NATIONS,SHEDDING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,1,4,"We must not shed innocent blood","BLOOD,INNOCENT,MUST,NOT,SHED" Hosea,1,5,"God has the power to destroy the military might of nations","DESTROY,GOD,MIGHT,MILITARY,NATIONS,POWER" Hosea,1,5,"God was going to destroy the military might of Israel in the valley of Jezreel","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,JEZREEL,MIGHT,MILITARY,VALLEY" Hosea,1,5,"The house of Jehu had shed innocent blood in Jezreel, so that was where God was going to destroy their military power; He would punish them in the place where they had sinned","BLOOD,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HE,HOUSE,INNOCENT,JEHU,JEZREEL,MILITARY,PLACE,POWER,PUNISH,SHED,SINNED,WHERE" Hosea,1,5,"The military might of a nation is not enough to save them, because God can destroy it if He chooses to do so","BECAUSE,CAN,CHOOSES,DESTROY,DO,GOD,HE,IF,MIGHT,MILITARY,NATION,NOT,SAVE" Hosea,1,5,"When this prophecy was fulfilled, God was going to destroy the military might of Israel","DESTROY,FULFILLED,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,MIGHT,MILITARY,PROPHECY,WHEN" Hosea,1,6,"God commanded Hosea to name his daughter Loruhamah","COMMANDED,DAUGHTER,GOD,HIS,HOSEA,LORUHAMAH,NAME" Hosea,1,6,"God gave Hosea's daughter a prophetic name","DAUGHTER,GAVE,GOD,HOSEA,NAME,PROPHETIC" Hosea,1,6,"God gave the nation of Israel multiple warnings that He was going to destroy their kingdom, and He told them why they were going to do it; (and yet in spite of all this they did not repent or cry out to God)","ALL,CRY,DESTROY,DO,GAVE,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,KINGDOM,NATION,NOT,REPENT,SPITE,TOLD,WARNINGS,WHY" Hosea,1,6,"God is the one who named Hosea's daughter","DAUGHTER,GOD,HOSEA,NAMED,ONE,WHO" Hosea,1,6,"God was going to destroy the kingdom of Israel and send the people into exile; they would be removed from the promised land","DESTROY,EXILE,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,KINGDOM,LAND,PEOPLE,PROMISED,REMOVED,SEND" Hosea,1,6,"Hosea had a daughter with Gomer","DAUGHTER,GOMER,HOSEA" Hosea,1,6,"In the past God had shown mercy to the kingdom of Israel; even though they had been ceaselessly wicked, God had not destroyed them","DESTROYED,GOD,ISRAEL,KINGDOM,MERCY,NOT,PAST,SHOWN,WICKED" Hosea,1,6,"The reason God named Hosea's daughter Loruhamah was because He was no longer going to have mercy upon the kingdom of Israel","BECAUSE,DAUGHTER,GOD,GOING,HE,HOSEA,ISRAEL,KINGDOM,LONGER,LORUHAMAH,MERCY,NAMED,NO,REASON" Hosea,1,6,"The time of God's mercy upon Israel had come to an end","COME,END,GOD,ISRAEL,MERCY,TIME" Hosea,1,6,"There are times when God has mercy on wicked nations and does not destroy them","DESTROY,GOD,MERCY,NATIONS,NOT,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Hosea,1,6,"There are times when God stops having mercy on wicked nations and destroys them","DESTROYS,GOD,MERCY,NATIONS,STOPS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Hosea,1,7,"God chose to show mercy to Judah, but not to Israel","CHOSE,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDAH,MERCY,NOT,SHOW" Hosea,1,7,"God said that He was going to have mercy on the house of Judah; He would not destroy them at this time","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HE,HOUSE,JUDAH,MERCY,NOT,SAID,TIME" Hosea,1,7,"God was going to save the house of Judah","GOD,GOING,HOUSE,JUDAH,SAVE" Hosea,1,7,"God was not going to use the military might of Judah to save them; instead He was going to save them without the use of military weapons","GOD,GOING,HE,INSTEAD,JUDAH,MIGHT,MILITARY,NOT,SAVE,USE,WEAPONS" Hosea,1,7,"In ancient times people used bows in battle","ANCIENT,BATTLE,BOWS,PEOPLE,TIMES,USED" Hosea,1,7,"In ancient times people used horsemen in battle","ANCIENT,BATTLE,HORSEMEN,PEOPLE,TIMES,USED" Hosea,1,7,"In ancient times people used horses in battle","ANCIENT,BATTLE,HORSES,PEOPLE,TIMES,USED" Hosea,1,7,"In ancient times people used swords in battle","ANCIENT,BATTLE,PEOPLE,SWORDS,TIMES,USED" Hosea,1,8,"After Gomer weaned her daughter she had a son","AFTER,DAUGHTER,GOMER,HER,SHE,SON,WEANED" Hosea,1,8,"Gomer weaned Loruhamah","GOMER,LORUHAMAH,WEANED" Hosea,1,9,"God commanded Hosea to name his son Loammi","COMMANDED,GOD,HIS,HOSEA,LOAMMI,NAME,SON" Hosea,1,9,"God gave Hosea's second son a prophetic name","GAVE,GOD,HOSEA,NAME,PROPHETIC,SECOND,SON" Hosea,1,9,"God is the one who named Hosea's second son","GOD,HOSEA,NAMED,ONE,SECOND,SON,WHO" Hosea,1,9,"God named Hosea's children in a way that communicated His message to the people of Israel; He used their names to warn the nation of its impending destruction","CHILDREN,COMMUNICATED,DESTRUCTION,GOD,HE,HIS,HOSEA,IMPENDING,ISRAEL,MESSAGE,NAMED,NAMES,NATION,PEOPLE,USED,WARN" Hosea,1,9,"God's primary concern is not our comfort or happiness; there may be times when we have to suffer in order to serve the Lord","COMFORT,CONCERN,GOD,HAPPINESS,LORD,NOT,ORDER,OUR,SERVE,SUFFER,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,1,9,"The reason God commanded Hosea to name his son Loammi is because the children of Israel were wicked; since they departed from the Lord and refused to serve Him, He would not be their God; since they rejected God, God rejected them","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,COMMANDED,DEPARTED,GOD,HE,HIM,HIS,HOSEA,ISRAEL,LOAMMI,LORD,NAME,NOT,REASON,REFUSED,REJECTED,SERVE,SINCE,SON,WICKED" Hosea,1,9,"There are times when God puts us in very difficult situations, and makes our live very painful, in order to proclaim His message and minister to others","DIFFICULT,GOD,HIS,LIVE,MAKES,MESSAGE,MINISTER,ORDER,OUR,PAINFUL,PROCLAIM,PUTS,SITUATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,1,10,"Although the children of Israel had rejected God, this rejection would not last forever; one day they would be the people of God and they would faithfully serve Him","ALTHOUGH,CHILDREN,DAY,FAITHFULLY,FOREVER,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,LAST,NOT,ONE,PEOPLE,REJECTED,REJECTION,SERVE" Hosea,1,10,"God was not going to utterly destroy the children of Israel; He will never allow them to be utterly wiped out","ALLOW,CHILDREN,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,NEVER,NOT,WIPED" Hosea,1,10,"God will never utterly reject the children of Israel forever","CHILDREN,FOREVER,GOD,ISRAEL,NEVER,REJECT" Hosea,1,10,"One day the children of Israel will be called the sons of the living God; one day they will be His people, and He will be their God","CALLED,CHILDREN,DAY,GOD,HE,HIS,ISRAEL,LIVING,ONE,PEOPLE,SONS" Hosea,1,10,"The day was coming when God would no longer reject the children of Israel","CHILDREN,COMING,DAY,GOD,ISRAEL,LONGER,NO,REJECT,WHEN" Hosea,1,10,"The day was coming when there would be an enormous number of Israelites","COMING,DAY,ENORMOUS,ISRAELITES,NUMBER,THERE,WHEN" Hosea,1,11,"Although God was going to destroy the kingdom of Israel, He was not going to utterly wipe them out; instead one day the children of Israel would unite with the children of Judah in a single unified nation","ALTHOUGH,CHILDREN,DAY,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HE,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,JUDAH,KINGDOM,NATION,NOT,ONE,SINGLE,UNIFIED,UNITE,WIPE" Hosea,1,11,"The children of Judah and Israel will appoint themselves a ruler","APPOINT,CHILDREN,ISRAEL,JUDAH,RULER" Hosea,1,11,"When this prophecy is fulfilled, the children of Judah and Israel will have a single ruler","CHILDREN,FULFILLED,ISRAEL,JUDAH,PROPHECY,RULER,SINGLE,WHEN" Hosea,1,11,"When this prophecy is fulfilled, the children of Judah and Israel will once again be one united nation; in the future they will not be separate kingdoms","AGAIN,CHILDREN,FULFILLED,FUTURE,ISRAEL,JUDAH,KINGDOMS,NATION,NOT,ONCE,ONE,PROPHECY,SEPARATE,UNITED,WHEN" Hosea,1,11,"When this prophecy is fulfilled, the day of Jezreel will be great; (it's not entirely clear what that means)","CLEAR,DAY,ENTIRELY,FULFILLED,GREAT,JEZREEL,MEANS,NOT,PROPHECY,WHAT,WHEN" Hosea,2,1,"God gave Hosea a message","GAVE,GOD,HOSEA,MESSAGE" Hosea,2,1,"The message was for Ammi, described as a brother","AMMI,BROTHER,DESCRIBED,MESSAGE" Hosea,2,1,"The message was for Ruhamah, described as sisters","DESCRIBED,MESSAGE,RUHAMAH,SISTERS" Hosea,2,1,"The target of this message appears to be nations, not individuals; it seems that God is speaking to the children of Israel","APPEARS,CHILDREN,GOD,INDIVIDUALS,ISRAEL,MESSAGE,NATIONS,NOT,SEEMS,SPEAKING,TARGET" Hosea,2,2,"At this point in history the children of Israel were no longer the wife of God; in the past they had been the wife of God, but God had put them away because they were unfaithful to Him","AWAY,BECAUSE,CHILDREN,GOD,HIM,HISTORY,ISRAEL,LONGER,NO,PAST,POINT,PUT,UNFAITHFUL,WIFE" Hosea,2,2,"At this point in history the Israelites were not God's people, and God was not their God; there was a separation between them","BETWEEN,GOD,HISTORY,ISRAELITES,NOT,PEOPLE,POINT,SEPARATION,THERE" Hosea,2,2,"God commanded Israel to put away their immorality and idolatry and sin and to repent of their evil deeds","AWAY,COMMANDED,DEEDS,EVIL,GOD,IDOLATRY,IMMORALITY,ISRAEL,PUT,REPENT,SIN" Hosea,2,2,"In order to be saved you must repent; repentance is not optional","MUST,NOT,OPTIONAL,ORDER,REPENT,REPENTANCE,SAVED,YOU" Hosea,2,2,"Since Israel was the wife of God, idolatry was a form of adultery (since Israel was seeking after other gods and serving them)","ADULTERY,AFTER,FORM,GOD,GODS,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,SEEKING,SERVING,SINCE,WIFE" Hosea,2,3,"God has power over nations","GOD,NATIONS,POWER" Hosea,2,3,"God has power over the destiny of nations","DESTINY,GOD,NATIONS,POWER" Hosea,2,3,"If the children Israel do not repent then God will punish them","CHILDREN,DO,GOD,IF,ISRAEL,NOT,PUNISH,REPENT" Hosea,2,3,"If the Israelites do not repent, God will punish them by casting them out into the wilderness","CASTING,DO,GOD,IF,ISRAELITES,NOT,PUNISH,REPENT,WILDERNESS" Hosea,2,3,"If the Israelites do not repent, God will punish them by killing them with thirst","DO,GOD,IF,ISRAELITES,KILLING,NOT,PUNISH,REPENT,THIRST" Hosea,2,3,"If the Israelites do not repent, God will punish them by relocating them to a dry land","DO,DRY,GOD,IF,ISRAELITES,LAND,NOT,PUNISH,REPENT" Hosea,2,3,"The Israelites could have avoided the judgment of God if they had repented of their wickedness","AVOIDED,GOD,IF,ISRAELITES,JUDGMENT,REPENTED,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,2,3,"There are times when God punishes nations by casting them into the wilderness","CASTING,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WILDERNESS" Hosea,2,3,"There are times when God punishes nations for their wickedness","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,2,4,"God does not always have mercy on children; He treats the children of the righteous differently than He treats the children of the wicked","ALWAYS,CHILDREN,DIFFERENTLY,GOD,HE,MERCY,NOT,RIGHTEOUS,TREATS,WICKED" Hosea,2,4,"God puts a difference between the children of idolaters and the children of the righteous","BETWEEN,CHILDREN,DIFFERENCE,GOD,IDOLATERS,PUTS,RIGHTEOUS" Hosea,2,4,"If the children of Israel do not repent then God will not have mercy on their children","CHILDREN,DO,GOD,IF,ISRAEL,MERCY,NOT,REPENT" Hosea,2,4,"If we want God to have mercy on our children then we need to repent, seek the Lord, and do what is right","CHILDREN,DO,GOD,IF,LORD,MERCY,NEED,OUR,REPENT,RIGHT,SEEK,WANT,WHAT" Hosea,2,4,"In the sight of God it is a bad thing to be a child who was born out of wedlock","BAD,BORN,CHILD,GOD,SIGHT,THING,WEDLOCK,WHO" Hosea,2,4,"It is bad to have children outside of marriage","BAD,CHILDREN,MARRIAGE,OUTSIDE" Hosea,2,4,"We should not have children outside of marriage","CHILDREN,MARRIAGE,NOT,OUTSIDE,SHOULD" Hosea,2,5,"God is the one who gives us our food and drink and possessions","DRINK,FOOD,GIVES,GOD,ONE,OUR,POSSESSIONS,WHO" Hosea,2,5,"God is the one who has given us our blessings, not idols","BLESSINGS,GIVEN,GOD,IDOLS,NOT,ONE,OUR,WHO" Hosea,2,5,"It angers God when nations seek after other gods and worship them","AFTER,ANGERS,GOD,GODS,NATIONS,SEEK,WHEN,WORSHIP" Hosea,2,5,"It is evil to give idols credit for the blessings that God has given us","BLESSINGS,EVIL,GIVE,GIVEN,GOD,IDOLS" Hosea,2,5,"The children of Israel believed that idols had given them bread","BELIEVED,BREAD,CHILDREN,GIVEN,IDOLS,ISRAEL" Hosea,2,5,"The children of Israel believed that idols had given them drink","BELIEVED,CHILDREN,DRINK,GIVEN,IDOLS,ISRAEL" Hosea,2,5,"The children of Israel believed that idols had given them flax","BELIEVED,CHILDREN,FLAX,GIVEN,IDOLS,ISRAEL" Hosea,2,5,"The children of Israel believed that idols had given them oil","BELIEVED,CHILDREN,GIVEN,IDOLS,ISRAEL,OIL" Hosea,2,5,"The children of Israel believed that idols had given them water","BELIEVED,CHILDREN,GIVEN,IDOLS,ISRAEL,WATER" Hosea,2,5,"The children of Israel believed that idols had given them wool","BELIEVED,CHILDREN,GIVEN,IDOLS,ISRAEL,WOOL" Hosea,2,5,"The children of Israel believed that idols were responsible for their prosperity","BELIEVED,CHILDREN,IDOLS,ISRAEL,PROSPERITY,RESPONSIBLE" Hosea,2,5,"The children of Israel believed that their idols loved them and had done great things for them","BELIEVED,CHILDREN,DONE,GREAT,IDOLS,ISRAEL,LOVED,THINGS" Hosea,2,5,"The children of Israel had been unfaithful; they had sought after other gods and worshiped them","AFTER,CHILDREN,GODS,ISRAEL,SOUGHT,UNFAITHFUL,WORSHIPED" Hosea,2,5,"We must not seek after other gods, and we must not worship them","AFTER,GODS,MUST,NOT,SEEK,WORSHIP" Hosea,2,6,"Since the children of Israel had gone after idols, God was going to put thorns in the path of Israel so that the nation would be unable to continue down the same paths as before","AFTER,BEFORE,CHILDREN,CONTINUE,DOWN,GOD,GOING,GONE,IDOLS,ISRAEL,NATION,PATH,PATHS,PUT,SAME,SINCE,THORNS,UNABLE" Hosea,2,6,"Since the children of Israel refused to repent, God was going to make it more difficult for Israel to keep sinning in order to guide the nation to righteousness","CHILDREN,DIFFICULT,GOD,GOING,GUIDE,ISRAEL,KEEP,MAKE,NATION,ORDER,REFUSED,REPENT,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SINCE,SINNING" Hosea,2,7,"God has a plan for saving the children of Israel; they will not always be wicked and idolatrous","ALWAYS,CHILDREN,GOD,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,NOT,PLAN,SAVING,WICKED" Hosea,2,7,"In the future, God is going to bring the children of Israel back to him by making it impossible for them to keep sinning as they had in the past; He was going to put idolatry out of their reach","BACK,BRING,CHILDREN,FUTURE,GOD,GOING,HE,HIM,IDOLATRY,IMPOSSIBLE,ISRAEL,KEEP,MAKING,PAST,PUT,REACH,SINNING" Hosea,2,7,"In the future, the children of Israel would return to God because God would prevent them from finding and serving the false gods that they once served","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,FALSE,FINDING,FUTURE,GOD,GODS,ISRAEL,ONCE,PREVENT,RETURN,SERVED,SERVING" Hosea,2,7,"In the future, the children of Israel would seek after false gods but would not find them","AFTER,CHILDREN,FALSE,FIND,FUTURE,GODS,ISRAEL,NOT,SEEK" Hosea,2,7,"The reason the children of Israel will one day return to God is because they will realize their lives were better when they served God","BECAUSE,BETTER,CHILDREN,DAY,GOD,ISRAEL,LIVES,ONE,REALIZE,REASON,RETURN,SERVED,WHEN" Hosea,2,8,"Corn is a blessing from God","BLESSING,CORN,GOD" Hosea,2,8,"God was the one who gave the Israelites an abundance of gold","ABUNDANCE,GAVE,GOD,GOLD,ISRAELITES,ONE,WHO" Hosea,2,8,"God was the one who gave the Israelites an abundance of silver","ABUNDANCE,GAVE,GOD,ISRAELITES,ONE,SILVER,WHO" Hosea,2,8,"God was the one who gave the Israelites corn","CORN,GAVE,GOD,ISRAELITES,ONE,WHO" Hosea,2,8,"God was the one who gave the Israelites oil","GAVE,GOD,ISRAELITES,OIL,ONE,WHO" Hosea,2,8,"God was the one who gave the Israelites wine","GAVE,GOD,ISRAELITES,ONE,WHO,WINE" Hosea,2,8,"Gold is a blessing from God","BLESSING,GOD,GOLD" Hosea,2,8,"It is not wrong to consume oil","CONSUME,NOT,OIL,WRONG" Hosea,2,8,"It is not wrong to drink wine","DRINK,NOT,WINE,WRONG" Hosea,2,8,"It is not wrong to eat corn","CORN,EAT,NOT,WRONG" Hosea,2,8,"It is not wrong to have gold","GOLD,NOT,WRONG" Hosea,2,8,"It is not wrong to have silver","NOT,SILVER,WRONG" Hosea,2,8,"Oil is a blessing from God","BLESSING,GOD,OIL" Hosea,2,8,"Silver is a blessing from God","BLESSING,GOD,SILVER" Hosea,2,8,"The Israelites did not know that God was the one who gave them their blessings","BLESSINGS,GAVE,GOD,ISRAELITES,KNOW,NOT,ONE,WHO" Hosea,2,8,"The Israelites took the blessings that God had given them and gave them to Baal; they used God's blessings to worship idols","BAAL,BLESSINGS,GAVE,GIVEN,GOD,IDOLS,ISRAELITES,TOOK,USED,WORSHIP" Hosea,2,8,"Wine is a blessing from God","BLESSING,GOD,WINE" Hosea,2,9,"God had given the children of Israel wool and flax as clothing","CHILDREN,CLOTHING,FLAX,GIVEN,GOD,ISRAEL,WOOL" Hosea,2,9,"God was going to take away Israel's corn","AWAY,CORN,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,TAKE" Hosea,2,9,"God was going to take away Israel's flax","AWAY,FLAX,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,TAKE" Hosea,2,9,"God was going to take away Israel's wine","AWAY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,TAKE,WINE" Hosea,2,9,"God was going to take away Israel's wool","AWAY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,TAKE,WOOL" Hosea,2,9,"It is a bad thing to have corn taken away","AWAY,BAD,CORN,TAKEN,THING" Hosea,2,9,"It is a bad thing to have flax taken away","AWAY,BAD,FLAX,TAKEN,THING" Hosea,2,9,"It is a bad thing to have wine taken away","AWAY,BAD,TAKEN,THING,WINE" Hosea,2,9,"It is a bad thing to have wool taken away","AWAY,BAD,TAKEN,THING,WOOL" Hosea,2,9,"It is not a sin to wear garments of flax","FLAX,GARMENTS,NOT,SIN,WEAR" Hosea,2,9,"It is not a sin to wear garments of wool","GARMENTS,NOT,SIN,WEAR,WOOL" Hosea,2,9,"Since the children of Israel were giving God's blessings to Baal, God was going to take them away","AWAY,BAAL,BLESSINGS,CHILDREN,GIVING,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,SINCE,TAKE" Hosea,2,9,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away corn","AWAY,CORN,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,2,9,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away flax","AWAY,FLAX,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,2,9,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away wine","AWAY,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WINE" Hosea,2,9,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away wool","AWAY,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WOOL" Hosea,2,9,"There is a season for wine","SEASON,THERE,WINE" Hosea,2,9,"There is a time for corn","CORN,THERE,TIME" Hosea,2,10,"In order to punish the children of Israel, God was going to expose the wickedness and vileness of Israel to the nations","CHILDREN,EXPOSE,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NATIONS,ORDER,PUNISH,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,2,10,"It seems that God exposes a nation's sin before He destroys that nation","BEFORE,DESTROYS,EXPOSES,GOD,HE,NATION,SEEMS,SIN" Hosea,2,10,"None of Israel's false gods or idols would be able to save them from the hand of God; the Lord was going to punish them and they would not be able to escape","ABLE,ESCAPE,FALSE,GOD,GODS,GOING,HAND,IDOLS,ISRAEL,LORD,NONE,NOT,PUNISH,SAVE" Hosea,2,10,"One of the ways God punishes nations is by exposing their wickedness and corruption and sin","CORRUPTION,GOD,NATIONS,ONE,PUNISHES,SIN,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,2,11,"In order to punish the children of Israel, God was going to take away their feast day celebrations","AWAY,CELEBRATIONS,CHILDREN,DAY,FEAST,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,ORDER,PUNISH,TAKE" Hosea,2,11,"In order to punish the children of Israel, God was going to take away their gladness","AWAY,CHILDREN,GLADNESS,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,ORDER,PUNISH,TAKE" Hosea,2,11,"In order to punish the children of Israel, God was going to take away their new moon celebrations","AWAY,CELEBRATIONS,CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,MOON,NEW,ORDER,PUNISH,TAKE" Hosea,2,11,"In order to punish the children of Israel, God was going to take away their sabbaths","AWAY,CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,ORDER,PUNISH,SABBATHS,TAKE" Hosea,2,11,"In order to punish the children of Israel, God was going to take away their solemn feasts","AWAY,CHILDREN,FEASTS,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,ORDER,PUNISH,SOLEMN,TAKE" Hosea,2,11,"It is good to be glad","GLAD,GOOD" Hosea,2,11,"It is good to have celebrations","CELEBRATIONS,GOOD" Hosea,2,11,"It is not wrong to feast","FEAST,NOT,WRONG" Hosea,2,11,"The feast days that God gave to Israel were blessings","BLESSINGS,DAYS,FEAST,GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL" Hosea,2,11,"The new moon celebrations that God gave to Israel were blessings","BLESSINGS,CELEBRATIONS,GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,MOON,NEW" Hosea,2,11,"The sabbaths that God gave to Israel were blessings","BLESSINGS,GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,SABBATHS" Hosea,2,11,"The solemn feasts that God gave to Israel were blessings","BLESSINGS,FEASTS,GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,SOLEMN" Hosea,2,11,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away their celebrations","AWAY,CELEBRATIONS,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,2,11,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away their feasts","AWAY,FEASTS,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,2,11,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away their gladness","AWAY,GLADNESS,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,2,12,"Fig trees are a blessing from God","BLESSING,FIG,GOD,TREES" Hosea,2,12,"God was going to give Israel's crops to animals, who would eat them; animals would enjoy them instead of the children of Israel","ANIMALS,CHILDREN,CROPS,EAT,ENJOY,GIVE,GOD,GOING,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,WHO" Hosea,2,12,"God was going to turn Israel's vineyards into a forest","FOREST,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,TURN,VINEYARDS" Hosea,2,12,"In order to punish the children of Israel, God was going to destroy the nation's fig trees","CHILDREN,DESTROY,FIG,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NATION,ORDER,PUNISH,TREES" Hosea,2,12,"In order to punish the children of Israel, God was going to destroy the nation's vines","CHILDREN,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NATION,ORDER,PUNISH,VINES" Hosea,2,12,"It is very evil to give idols credit for the blessings that God has given us","BLESSINGS,EVIL,GIVE,GIVEN,GOD,IDOLS" Hosea,2,12,"Our blessings come from God","BLESSINGS,COME,GOD,OUR" Hosea,2,12,"The children of Israel gave their idols credit for their fig trees; they did not give the credit to God","CHILDREN,FIG,GAVE,GIVE,GOD,IDOLS,ISRAEL,NOT,TREES" Hosea,2,12,"The children of Israel gave their idols credit for their vineyards; they did not give the credit to God","CHILDREN,GAVE,GIVE,GOD,IDOLS,ISRAEL,NOT,VINEYARDS" Hosea,2,12,"There are times when God punishes nations by turning their crops over to animals, who eat them","ANIMALS,CROPS,EAT,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,TURNING,WHEN,WHO" Hosea,2,12,"There are times when God uses animals to punish nations","ANIMALS,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISH,THERE,TIMES,USES,WHEN" Hosea,2,12,"There are times when God uses forests to punish nations","FORESTS,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISH,THERE,TIMES,USES,WHEN" Hosea,2,12,"Vineyards are a blessing from God","BLESSING,GOD,VINEYARDS" Hosea,2,13,"God was going to visit the children of Israel on the days when they worshiped Baalim","BAALIM,CHILDREN,DAYS,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,VISIT,WHEN,WORSHIPED" Hosea,2,13,"The children of Israel burned incense to Baalim","BAALIM,BURNED,CHILDREN,INCENSE,ISRAEL" Hosea,2,13,"The children of Israel dressed themselves up in order to chase after idols and false gods, and worship them","AFTER,CHASE,CHILDREN,DRESSED,FALSE,GODS,IDOLS,ISRAEL,ORDER,UP,WORSHIP" Hosea,2,13,"The children of Israel forgot the Lord","CHILDREN,FORGOT,ISRAEL,LORD" Hosea,2,13,"The children of Israel worshiped Baalim","BAALIM,CHILDREN,ISRAEL,WORSHIPED" Hosea,2,14,"God was going to bring the children of Israel into the wilderness","BRING,CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,WILDERNESS" Hosea,2,14,"God was going to lure the children of Israel back to Him","BACK,CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,HIM,ISRAEL,LURE" Hosea,2,14,"God was going to speak good and comfortable words to the children of Israel when they were in the wilderness","CHILDREN,COMFORTABLE,GOD,GOING,GOOD,ISRAEL,SPEAK,WHEN,WILDERNESS,WORDS" Hosea,2,15,"God was going to give Israel the valley of Achor, which would be a door of hope for them","ACHOR,DOOR,GIVE,GOD,GOING,HOPE,ISRAEL,VALLEY,WHICH" Hosea,2,15,"God was going to give Israel vineyards","GIVE,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,VINEYARDS" Hosea,2,15,"In the early days of the children of Israel, the people sang","CHILDREN,DAYS,EARLY,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,SANG" Hosea,2,15,"It is good for the people of God to sing to the Lord","GOD,GOOD,LORD,PEOPLE,SING" Hosea,2,15,"The children of Israel sang to the Lord when God delivered them from slavery in Egypt","CHILDREN,DELIVERED,EGYPT,GOD,ISRAEL,LORD,SANG,SLAVERY,WHEN" Hosea,2,15,"There are times when God blesses nations with vineyards","BLESSES,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,VINEYARDS,WHEN" Hosea,2,15,"When God lured Israel back to Him, the children of Israel would sing","BACK,CHILDREN,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,LURED,SING,WHEN" Hosea,2,16,"When Israel returns to the Lord, the people will call God 'Ishi' instead of 'Baali'","BAALI,CALL,GOD,INSTEAD,ISHI,ISRAEL,LORD,PEOPLE,RETURNS,WHEN" Hosea,2,17,"God is going to remove the name of Baalim from the people of Israel","BAALIM,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NAME,PEOPLE,REMOVE" Hosea,2,17,"The Israelites would no longer call God 'Baali' because it was too close to 'Baalim', the false god","BAALI,BAALIM,BECAUSE,CALL,CLOSE,FALSE,GOD,ISRAELITES,LONGER,NO" Hosea,2,18,"God is the one who is going to bring peace to the animal kingdom","ANIMAL,BRING,GOD,GOING,KINGDOM,ONE,PEACE,WHO" Hosea,2,18,"God is the one who is going to bring peace to the nations","BRING,GOD,GOING,NATIONS,ONE,PEACE,WHO" Hosea,2,18,"God is the one who is going to end warfare","END,GOD,GOING,ONE,WARFARE,WHO" Hosea,2,18,"In the end times, God will make a covenant with the animals and birds and insects; there will be peace in the animal kingdom, and animals will no longer harm people","ANIMAL,ANIMALS,BIRDS,COVENANT,END,GOD,HARM,INSECTS,KINGDOM,LONGER,MAKE,NO,PEACE,PEOPLE,THERE,TIMES" Hosea,2,18,"Only God can bring peace to this world","BRING,CAN,GOD,ONLY,PEACE,WORLD" Hosea,2,18,"When Israel returns to the Lord, both people and animals will lie down in safety; it will be a time of tremendous peace; (all of these things seem to be speaking of the millennium)","ALL,ANIMALS,DOWN,ISRAEL,LIE,LORD,MILLENNIUM,PEACE,PEOPLE,RETURNS,SAFETY,SEEM,SPEAKING,THESE,THINGS,TIME,TREMENDOUS,WHEN" Hosea,2,18,"When Israel returns to the Lord, God will make a covenant with the beasts of the field","BEASTS,COVENANT,FIELD,GOD,ISRAEL,LORD,MAKE,RETURNS,WHEN" Hosea,2,18,"When Israel returns to the Lord, God will make a covenant with the creeping things of the ground (insects)","COVENANT,CREEPING,GOD,GROUND,INSECTS,ISRAEL,LORD,MAKE,RETURNS,THINGS,WHEN" Hosea,2,18,"When Israel returns to the Lord, God will make a covenant with the fowls of heaven (the birds)","BIRDS,COVENANT,FOWLS,GOD,HEAVEN,ISRAEL,LORD,MAKE,RETURNS,WHEN" Hosea,2,18,"When Israel returns to the Lord, God will remove battles from the world; nations will no longer wage war against one another","AGAINST,ANOTHER,BATTLES,GOD,ISRAEL,LONGER,LORD,NATIONS,NO,ONE,REMOVE,RETURNS,WAGE,WAR,WHEN,WORLD" Hosea,2,18,"When Israel returns to the Lord, God will remove the bow and the sword from the world; nations will no longer have weapons, or have any need for weapons","ANY,BOW,GOD,ISRAEL,LONGER,LORD,NATIONS,NEED,NO,REMOVE,RETURNS,SWORD,WEAPONS,WHEN,WORLD" Hosea,2,19,"God will give Israel righteousness","GIVE,GOD,ISRAEL,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Hosea,2,19,"God will make Israel a just nation","GOD,ISRAEL,JUST,MAKE,NATION" Hosea,2,19,"God will show Israel great loving kindness","GOD,GREAT,ISRAEL,KINDNESS,LOVING,SHOW" Hosea,2,19,"God will show Israel great mercy","GOD,GREAT,ISRAEL,MERCY,SHOW" Hosea,2,19,"When God gave this prophecy to Hosea, the children of Israel were no longer the wife of God; however, in the end times God will take Israel back, and they will never be separated from Him again; He will betroth Israel to Him forever","AGAIN,BACK,BETROTH,CHILDREN,END,FOREVER,GAVE,GOD,HE,HIM,HOSEA,ISRAEL,LONGER,NEVER,NO,PROPHECY,SEPARATED,TAKE,TIMES,WHEN,WIFE" Hosea,2,19,"When Israel repents in the end times, Israel will never stray from God again; the nation will never again serve idols, but will remain faithful to God forever","AGAIN,END,FAITHFUL,FOREVER,GOD,IDOLS,ISRAEL,NATION,NEVER,REMAIN,REPENTS,SERVE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,2,20,"God will take Israel back in faithfulness","BACK,FAITHFULNESS,GOD,ISRAEL,TAKE" Hosea,2,20,"In that day the Israelites will know the Lord","DAY,ISRAELITES,KNOW,LORD" Hosea,2,20,"One day the Israelites will know the Lord","DAY,ISRAELITES,KNOW,LORD,ONE" Hosea,2,20,"The Israelites will not always be separated from God; one day they will be saved","ALWAYS,DAY,GOD,ISRAELITES,NOT,ONE,SAVED,SEPARATED" Hosea,2,21,"When God takes Israel back, He will hear the heavens","BACK,GOD,HE,HEAR,HEAVENS,ISRAEL,TAKES,WHEN" Hosea,2,21,"When God takes Israel back, the Israelites will hear the earth","BACK,EARTH,GOD,HEAR,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,TAKES,WHEN" Hosea,2,22,"When God takes Israel back, He will bless them with corn","BACK,BLESS,CORN,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,TAKES,WHEN" Hosea,2,22,"When God takes Israel back, He will bless them with oil","BACK,BLESS,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,OIL,TAKES,WHEN" Hosea,2,22,"When God takes Israel back, He will bless them with wine","BACK,BLESS,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,TAKES,WHEN,WINE" Hosea,2,22,"When God takes Israel back, the earth will hear the corn","BACK,CORN,EARTH,GOD,HEAR,ISRAEL,TAKES,WHEN" Hosea,2,22,"When God takes Israel back, the earth will hear the oil","BACK,EARTH,GOD,HEAR,ISRAEL,OIL,TAKES,WHEN" Hosea,2,22,"When God takes Israel back, the earth will hear the wine","BACK,EARTH,GOD,HEAR,ISRAEL,TAKES,WHEN,WINE" Hosea,2,22,"When God takes Israel back, the Israelites will hear Jezreel","BACK,GOD,HEAR,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,JEZREEL,TAKES,WHEN" Hosea,2,23,"In the future, Israel would be the people of God and God would be the God of Israel","FUTURE,GOD,ISRAEL,PEOPLE" Hosea,2,23,"In the past, God had rejected the children of Israel; in the future the children of Israel would become His people again","AGAIN,BECOME,CHILDREN,FUTURE,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,PAST,PEOPLE,REJECTED" Hosea,2,23,"In the past, God had withdrawn His mercy from Israel; in the future God would show mercy to Israel","FUTURE,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,MERCY,PAST,SHOW,WITHDRAWN" Hosea,2,23,"In the past, Israel had rejected God; in the future, they would worship God alone","ALONE,FUTURE,GOD,ISRAEL,PAST,REJECTED,WORSHIP" Hosea,3,1,"Even though the woman was a beloved, she was still a wicked adulteress anyway","ADULTERESS,ANYWAY,BELOVED,SHE,WICKED,WOMAN" Hosea,3,1,"God commanded Hosea to love a woman who was an adulteress","ADULTERESS,COMMANDED,GOD,HOSEA,LOVE,WHO,WOMAN" Hosea,3,1,"God loved Israel in spite of the fact that Israel was wicked and idolatrous, and in spite of the fact that Israel did not love Him; God's love for Israel did not depend on Israel's obedience or their love for Him","DEPEND,FACT,GOD,HIM,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,LOVE,LOVED,NOT,OBEDIENCE,SPITE,WICKED" Hosea,3,1,"God loved the children of Israel, even though they were wicked and idolatrous","CHILDREN,GOD,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,LOVED,WICKED" Hosea,3,1,"The children of Israel were drunkards: they loved wine instead of the Lord","CHILDREN,DRUNKARDS,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LORD,LOVED,WINE" Hosea,3,1,"The children of Israel were guilty of spiritual adultery: they left God and loved false gods","ADULTERY,CHILDREN,FALSE,GOD,GODS,GUILTY,ISRAEL,LEFT,LOVED,SPIRITUAL" Hosea,3,1,"The reason God commanded Hosea to love a woman who was not faithful to him was because God loved Israel, who was not faithful to Him; God was using Hosea to illustrate God's love for Israel, and Israel's wicked behavior","BECAUSE,BEHAVIOR,COMMANDED,FAITHFUL,GOD,HIM,HOSEA,ILLUSTRATE,ISRAEL,LOVE,LOVED,NOT,REASON,USING,WHO,WICKED,WOMAN" Hosea,3,1,"The woman had a friend","FRIEND,WOMAN" Hosea,3,1,"The woman was beloved","BELOVED,WOMAN" Hosea,3,2,"Hosea bought his adulterous and wicked wife back; he paid 15 pieces of silver, and 1.5 homers of barley","ADULTEROUS,BACK,BARLEY,BOUGHT,HE,HIS,HOMERS,HOSEA,PAID,PIECES,SILVER,WICKED,WIFE" Hosea,3,2,"Hosea had to buy his wife back, even though she was his wife and she was the one who wronged him; she was wicked, and yet he had to pay the price","BACK,BUY,HE,HIM,HIS,HOSEA,ONE,PAY,PRICE,SHE,WHO,WICKED,WIFE,WRONGED" Hosea,3,2,"Hosea obeyed the Lord","HOSEA,LORD,OBEYED" Hosea,3,2,"Hosea showed love to his wife, who had left him and was guilty of adultery","ADULTERY,GUILTY,HIM,HIS,HOSEA,LEFT,LOVE,SHOWED,WHO,WIFE" Hosea,3,3,"Hosea told his wife that he would live with her, and would be faithful to her, and would take care of her","CARE,FAITHFUL,HE,HER,HIS,HOSEA,LIVE,TAKE,TOLD,WIFE" Hosea,3,3,"Hosea told his wife that she could no longer go after other men","AFTER,GO,HIS,HOSEA,LONGER,MEN,NO,SHE,TOLD,WIFE" Hosea,3,3,"Hosea told his wife that she would live with him for many days","DAYS,HIM,HIS,HOSEA,LIVE,MANY,SHE,TOLD,WIFE" Hosea,3,3,"Hosea told his wife that she would no longer be a harlot; she would have to remain faithful to Hosea","FAITHFUL,HARLOT,HIS,HOSEA,LONGER,NO,REMAIN,SHE,TOLD,WIFE" Hosea,3,4,"In the future, the children of Israel would not have a king for a long time","CHILDREN,FUTURE,ISRAEL,KING,LONG,NOT,TIME" Hosea,3,4,"In the future, the children of Israel would not have a prince for a long time","CHILDREN,FUTURE,ISRAEL,LONG,NOT,PRINCE,TIME" Hosea,3,4,"In the future, the children of Israel would not have idols for a long time","CHILDREN,FUTURE,IDOLS,ISRAEL,LONG,NOT,TIME" Hosea,3,4,"In the future, the children of Israel would not have priests for a long time","CHILDREN,FUTURE,ISRAEL,LONG,NOT,PRIESTS,TIME" Hosea,3,4,"In the future, the children of Israel would not have the ability to make sacrifices for a long time","ABILITY,CHILDREN,FUTURE,ISRAEL,LONG,MAKE,NOT,SACRIFICES,TIME" Hosea,3,5,"After all these things came to pass, the children of Israel would fear the goodness of the Lord","AFTER,ALL,CHILDREN,FEAR,GOODNESS,ISRAEL,LORD,PASS,THESE,THINGS" Hosea,3,5,"After all these things came to pass, the children of Israel would fear the Lord","AFTER,ALL,CHILDREN,FEAR,ISRAEL,LORD,PASS,THESE,THINGS" Hosea,3,5,"After all these things came to pass, the children of Israel would seek David their king","AFTER,ALL,CHILDREN,DAVID,ISRAEL,KING,PASS,SEEK,THESE,THINGS" Hosea,3,5,"After all these things came to pass, the children of Israel would seek the Lord their God","AFTER,ALL,CHILDREN,GOD,ISRAEL,LORD,PASS,SEEK,THESE,THINGS" Hosea,3,5,"In the end God is going to save Israel; they will not be separated from Him forever","END,FOREVER,GOD,GOING,HIM,ISRAEL,NOT,SAVE,SEPARATED" Hosea,3,5,"The Lord is good","GOOD,LORD" Hosea,3,5,"These things will come to pass in the latter days","COME,DAYS,LATTER,PASS,THESE,THINGS" Hosea,3,5,"We should fear the Lord","FEAR,LORD,SHOULD" Hosea,3,5,"We should seek the Lord","LORD,SEEK,SHOULD" Hosea,4,1,"God becomes angry with nations when they lack knowledge of Him","ANGRY,BECOMES,GOD,HIM,KNOWLEDGE,LACK,NATIONS,WHEN" Hosea,4,1,"God becomes angry with nations when they lack mercy","ANGRY,BECOMES,GOD,LACK,MERCY,NATIONS,WHEN" Hosea,4,1,"God becomes angry with nations when they lack truth","ANGRY,BECOMES,GOD,LACK,NATIONS,TRUTH,WHEN" Hosea,4,1,"God used Hosea to proclaim His word to Israel","GOD,HIS,HOSEA,ISRAEL,PROCLAIM,USED,WORD" Hosea,4,1,"The Lord had a controversy with the Israelites; He was angry with them","ANGRY,CONTROVERSY,HE,ISRAELITES,LORD" Hosea,4,1,"There was no knowledge of God in Israel","GOD,ISRAEL,KNOWLEDGE,NO,THERE" Hosea,4,1,"There was no mercy in Israel","ISRAEL,MERCY,NO,THERE" Hosea,4,1,"There was no truth in Israel","ISRAEL,NO,THERE,TRUTH" Hosea,4,1,"This message was for the children of Israel","CHILDREN,ISRAEL,MESSAGE" Hosea,4,1,"We must be merciful","MERCIFUL,MUST" Hosea,4,1,"We must pursue the knowledge of God","GOD,KNOWLEDGE,MUST,PURSUE" Hosea,4,1,"We must seek truth and hold on to it","HOLD,MUST,SEEK,TRUTH" Hosea,4,2,"God hates committing adultery","ADULTERY,COMMITTING,GOD,HATES" Hosea,4,2,"God hates lying","GOD,HATES,LYING" Hosea,4,2,"God hates stealing","GOD,HATES,STEALING" Hosea,4,2,"God hates swearing","GOD,HATES,SWEARING" Hosea,4,2,"God hates the shedding of innocent blood","BLOOD,GOD,HATES,INNOCENT,SHEDDING" Hosea,4,2,"God holds nations accountable for their actions","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,GOD,HOLDS,NATIONS" Hosea,4,2,"God holds people accountable for their actions","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,GOD,HOLDS,PEOPLE" Hosea,4,2,"God punishes nations for committing adultery","ADULTERY,COMMITTING,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES" Hosea,4,2,"God punishes nations for lying","GOD,LYING,NATIONS,PUNISHES" Hosea,4,2,"God punishes nations for shedding innocent blood","BLOOD,GOD,INNOCENT,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SHEDDING" Hosea,4,2,"God punishes nations for stealing","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,STEALING" Hosea,4,2,"God punishes nations for swearing","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SWEARING" Hosea,4,2,"The Israelites were guilty of committing adultery","ADULTERY,COMMITTING,GUILTY,ISRAELITES" Hosea,4,2,"The Israelites were guilty of killing (shedding innocent blood)","BLOOD,GUILTY,INNOCENT,ISRAELITES,KILLING,SHEDDING" Hosea,4,2,"The Israelites were guilty of lying","GUILTY,ISRAELITES,LYING" Hosea,4,2,"The Israelites were guilty of stealing","GUILTY,ISRAELITES,STEALING" Hosea,4,2,"The Israelites were guilty of swearing","GUILTY,ISRAELITES,SWEARING" Hosea,4,2,"We must not commit adultery","ADULTERY,COMMIT,MUST,NOT" Hosea,4,2,"We must not shed innocent blood","BLOOD,INNOCENT,MUST,NOT,SHED" Hosea,4,2,"We must not steal","MUST,NOT,STEAL" Hosea,4,2,"We must not swear","MUST,NOT,SWEAR" Hosea,4,2,"We must not tell lies","LIES,MUST,NOT,TELL" Hosea,4,3,"Because the Israelites were wicked, everyone who lived in the land would languish","BECAUSE,EVERYONE,ISRAELITES,LAND,LANGUISH,LIVED,WHO,WICKED" Hosea,4,3,"Because the Israelites were wicked, the birds would die","BECAUSE,BIRDS,DIE,ISRAELITES,WICKED" Hosea,4,3,"Because the Israelites were wicked, the fish would die","BECAUSE,DIE,FISH,ISRAELITES,WICKED" Hosea,4,3,"Because the Israelites were wicked, the land itself would mourn","BECAUSE,ISRAELITES,LAND,MOURN,WICKED" Hosea,4,3,"Because the Israelites were wicked, the livestock would die","BECAUSE,DIE,ISRAELITES,LIVESTOCK,WICKED" Hosea,4,3,"The sin of a nation can impact the animals who live in that nation","ANIMALS,CAN,IMPACT,LIVE,NATION,SIN,WHO" Hosea,4,3,"There are national consequences for sin","CONSEQUENCES,NATIONAL,SIN,THERE" Hosea,4,3,"When the people of a nation is guilty of swearing, and lying, and shedding innocent blood, and stealing, and committing adultery, the very land itself will be affected; the livestock, birds, and fish will die, and those who live in the land will languish","ADULTERY,AFFECTED,BIRDS,BLOOD,COMMITTING,DIE,FISH,GUILTY,INNOCENT,LAND,LANGUISH,LIVE,LIVESTOCK,LYING,NATION,PEOPLE,SHEDDING,STEALING,SWEARING,WHEN,WHO" Hosea,4,4,"God compared the children of Israel to people who refused to listen to priests, and were wise in their own eyes","CHILDREN,COMPARED,EYES,GOD,ISRAEL,LISTEN,OWN,PEOPLE,PRIESTS,REFUSED,WHO,WISE" Hosea,4,4,"God said that people should not rebuke one another, because the people would not listen to rebuke","ANOTHER,BECAUSE,GOD,LISTEN,NOT,ONE,PEOPLE,REBUKE,SAID,SHOULD" Hosea,4,4,"God said that people should not strive against one another, because the people would not listen to the truth","AGAINST,ANOTHER,BECAUSE,GOD,LISTEN,NOT,ONE,PEOPLE,SAID,SHOULD,STRIVE,TRUTH" Hosea,4,4,"The children of Israel were very wicked, and they would not listen to rebuke","CHILDREN,ISRAEL,LISTEN,NOT,REBUKE,WICKED" Hosea,4,5,"God was going to destroy the false prophets who were in Israel","DESTROY,FALSE,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PROPHETS,WHO" Hosea,4,5,"God was going to destroy the nation of Israel; (the nation itself was depicted as the mother, with the people referred to as children)","CHILDREN,DEPICTED,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,MOTHER,NATION,PEOPLE,REFERRED" Hosea,4,5,"The nation of Israel would fall in the daytime; (the priests did their work during the day, and that is when the nation would fall)","DAY,DAYTIME,DURING,FALL,ISRAEL,NATION,PRIESTS,WHEN,WORK" Hosea,4,5,"The prophet would fall in the nighttime; (the prophets had their visions in the night, and that is when they would fall); (this seems to be a reference to false prophets)","FALL,FALSE,NIGHT,NIGHTTIME,PROPHET,PROPHETS,REFERENCE,SEEMS,VISIONS,WHEN" Hosea,4,6,"It is bad to lack knowledge of God","BAD,GOD,KNOWLEDGE,LACK" Hosea,4,6,"It is bad to reject knowledge of God","BAD,GOD,KNOWLEDGE,REJECT" Hosea,4,6,"Since the children of Israel had forgotten the law of God, God was going to forget their children; He would no longer watch over them or care for them, because the people cared nothing for him or his law, and because they were guilty of terrible sins and refused to repent","BECAUSE,CARE,CARED,CHILDREN,FORGET,FORGOTTEN,GOD,GOING,GUILTY,HE,HIM,HIS,ISRAEL,LAW,LONGER,NO,NOTHING,PEOPLE,REFUSED,REPENT,SINCE,SINS,TERRIBLE,WATCH" Hosea,4,6,"Since the Israelites rejected knowledge of God, God rejected them","GOD,ISRAELITES,KNOWLEDGE,REJECTED,SINCE" Hosea,4,6,"The children of Israel had forgotten the law of God","CHILDREN,FORGOTTEN,GOD,ISRAEL,LAW" Hosea,4,6,"The children of Israel were being destroyed","BEING,CHILDREN,DESTROYED,ISRAEL" Hosea,4,6,"The children of Israel would no longer be holy and set apart in His sight; since they were wicked and refused to repent, He was rejecting them (although this rejection would not last forever)","ALTHOUGH,CHILDREN,FOREVER,HE,HIS,HOLY,ISRAEL,LAST,LONGER,NO,NOT,REFUSED,REJECTING,REJECTION,REPENT,SET,SIGHT,SINCE,WICKED" Hosea,4,6,"The reason the children of Israel lacked knowledge was because they had rejected knowledge","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,ISRAEL,KNOWLEDGE,LACKED,REASON,REJECTED" Hosea,4,6,"The reason the children of Israel were being destroyed is because they lacked knowledge; (this seems to be a reference to knowledge of God)","BECAUSE,BEING,CHILDREN,DESTROYED,GOD,ISRAEL,KNOWLEDGE,LACKED,REASON,REFERENCE,SEEMS" Hosea,4,6,"We must not lack knowledge of God","GOD,KNOWLEDGE,LACK,MUST,NOT" Hosea,4,6,"We must not reject knowledge of God","GOD,KNOWLEDGE,MUST,NOT,REJECT" Hosea,4,7,"As the children of Israel became more prosperous, they became increasingly sinful","BECAME,CHILDREN,ISRAEL,PROSPEROUS,SINFUL" Hosea,4,7,"Since the children of Israel had become increasingly wicked, God was going to take away their glory and replace it with shame","AWAY,BECOME,CHILDREN,GLORY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,REPLACE,SHAME,SINCE,TAKE,WICKED" Hosea,4,7,"There are times when God punishes nations by sending shame upon them","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SENDING,SHAME,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,4,7,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away their glory","AWAY,GLORY,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,4,7,"We must not sin against God","AGAINST,GOD,MUST,NOT,SIN" Hosea,4,8,"It is a very bad thing to have our heart set on sin","BAD,HEART,OUR,SET,SIN,THING" Hosea,4,8,"The children of Israel had their heart set on iniquity; they loved sin and sought after it, and desired it with their heart","AFTER,CHILDREN,DESIRED,HEART,INIQUITY,ISRAEL,LOVED,SET,SIN,SOUGHT" Hosea,4,8,"The children of Israel were exceedingly sinful","CHILDREN,EXCEEDINGLY,ISRAEL,SINFUL" Hosea,4,9,"Since the children of Israel had done evil things, they were going to have to suffer the consequences for their actions","ACTIONS,CHILDREN,CONSEQUENCES,DONE,EVIL,GOING,ISRAEL,SINCE,SUFFER,THINGS" Hosea,4,9,"Since the children of Israel were wicked, God was going to punish them for their sins","CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,SINCE,SINS,WICKED" Hosea,4,9,"The common people of Israel were wicked","COMMON,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,WICKED" Hosea,4,9,"The priests of Israel were wicked","ISRAEL,PRIESTS,WICKED" Hosea,4,10,"God was going to punish the children of Israel for their sins by not giving them enough food to eat; they would be hungry","CHILDREN,EAT,FOOD,GIVING,GOD,GOING,HUNGRY,ISRAEL,NOT,PUNISH,SINS" Hosea,4,10,"Since the children of Israel were immoral, the nation was not going to grow or prosper; God was going to take away their prosperity","AWAY,CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,GROW,IMMORAL,ISRAEL,NATION,NOT,PROSPER,PROSPERITY,SINCE,TAKE" Hosea,4,10,"The children of Israel did not listen to the Lord, and did not fear Him, and did not obey Him; instead they were evil","CHILDREN,EVIL,FEAR,HIM,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LISTEN,LORD,NOT,OBEY" Hosea,4,10,"The children of Israel were guilty of sexual immorality","CHILDREN,GUILTY,IMMORALITY,ISRAEL,SEXUAL" Hosea,4,10,"There are times when God punishes immoral nations","GOD,IMMORAL,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,4,10,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away their food supply","AWAY,FOOD,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SUPPLY,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,4,11,"The children of Israel loved sin and did not love God","CHILDREN,GOD,ISRAEL,LOVE,LOVED,NOT,SIN" Hosea,4,11,"The children of Israel were drunkards; they sought after wine instead of after God","AFTER,CHILDREN,DRUNKARDS,GOD,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,SOUGHT,WINE" Hosea,4,11,"The children of Israel were guilty of sexual immorality; they sought after immorality instead of after God","AFTER,CHILDREN,GOD,GUILTY,IMMORALITY,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,SEXUAL,SOUGHT" Hosea,4,12,"God said that the wicked, sinful Israelites were His people; in spite of their sins they were still His people","GOD,HIS,ISRAELITES,PEOPLE,SAID,SINFUL,SINS,SPITE,WICKED" Hosea,4,12,"The children of Israel had a spirit of immorality","CHILDREN,IMMORALITY,ISRAEL,SPIRIT" Hosea,4,12,"The children of Israel left the Lord and had gone to other gods","CHILDREN,GODS,GONE,ISRAEL,LEFT,LORD" Hosea,4,12,"The children of Israel sought counsel from their idols; they asked false gods for guidance instead of the Lord","ASKED,CHILDREN,COUNSEL,FALSE,GODS,GUIDANCE,IDOLS,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LORD,SOUGHT" Hosea,4,12,"The children of Israel were adulterous and faithless","ADULTEROUS,CHILDREN,FAITHLESS,ISRAEL" Hosea,4,13,"It is a punishment from God upon a nation when the daughters of the people are sexually immoral","DAUGHTERS,GOD,IMMORAL,NATION,PEOPLE,PUNISHMENT,SEXUALLY,WHEN" Hosea,4,13,"It is a punishment from God upon a nation when the wives of the people are sexually immoral","GOD,IMMORAL,NATION,PEOPLE,PUNISHMENT,SEXUALLY,WHEN,WIVES" Hosea,4,13,"It is a very bad thing when people are sexually immoral","BAD,IMMORAL,PEOPLE,SEXUALLY,THING,WHEN" Hosea,4,13,"Open and common sexual immorality is a punishment from God upon a nation; it is a curse","COMMON,CURSE,GOD,IMMORALITY,NATION,OPEN,PUNISHMENT,SEXUAL" Hosea,4,13,"Sin in and of itself can be a punishment from God upon a nation","CAN,GOD,NATION,PUNISHMENT,SIN" Hosea,4,13,"Since the nation of Israel worshiped false gods, the Lord was going to punish them by turning their daughters into whores","DAUGHTERS,FALSE,GODS,GOING,ISRAEL,LORD,NATION,PUNISH,SINCE,TURNING,WHORES,WORSHIPED" Hosea,4,13,"Since the nation of Israel worshiped false gods, the Lord was going to punish them by turning their wives into whores","FALSE,GODS,GOING,ISRAEL,LORD,NATION,PUNISH,SINCE,TURNING,WHORES,WIVES,WORSHIPED" Hosea,4,13,"The children of Israel burned incense to false gods upon the hills","BURNED,CHILDREN,FALSE,GODS,HILLS,INCENSE,ISRAEL" Hosea,4,13,"The children of Israel sacrificed to idols on the tops of mountains","CHILDREN,IDOLS,ISRAEL,MOUNTAINS,SACRIFICED,TOPS" Hosea,4,13,"The children of Israel worshiped false gods under elms","CHILDREN,ELMS,FALSE,GODS,ISRAEL,UNDER,WORSHIPED" Hosea,4,13,"The children of Israel worshiped false gods under oaks","CHILDREN,FALSE,GODS,ISRAEL,OAKS,UNDER,WORSHIPED" Hosea,4,13,"The children of Israel worshiped false gods under poplars","CHILDREN,FALSE,GODS,ISRAEL,POPLARS,UNDER,WORSHIPED" Hosea,4,13,"The nation of Israel had elm trees","ELM,ISRAEL,NATION,TREES" Hosea,4,13,"The nation of Israel had hills","HILLS,ISRAEL,NATION" Hosea,4,13,"The nation of Israel had mountains","ISRAEL,MOUNTAINS,NATION" Hosea,4,13,"The nation of Israel had oak trees","ISRAEL,NATION,OAK,TREES" Hosea,4,13,"The nation of Israel had poplar trees","ISRAEL,NATION,POPLAR,TREES" Hosea,4,13,"There are times when God punishes a nation for sin by turning that nation over to more sin","GOD,NATION,PUNISHES,SIN,THERE,TIMES,TURNING,WHEN" Hosea,4,14,"If God is not punishing the sins and wickedness of individuals, that is a very bad sign; it means the nation is very wicked in the sight of God, and God had turned that nation over to sin as a judgment against it","AGAINST,BAD,GOD,IF,INDIVIDUALS,JUDGMENT,MEANS,NATION,NOT,PUNISHING,SIGHT,SIGN,SIN,SINS,TURNED,WICKED,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,4,14,"Since the nation of Israel worshiped false gods, the Lord was not going to punish people's daughters when they were whores; instead He was going to punish the nation by giving them over to immorality","DAUGHTERS,FALSE,GIVING,GODS,GOING,HE,IMMORALITY,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LORD,NATION,NOT,PEOPLE,PUNISH,SINCE,WHEN,WHORES,WORSHIPED" Hosea,4,14,"Since the nation of Israel worshiped false gods, the Lord was not going to punish people's wives when they were whores; instead He was going to punish the nation by giving them over to immorality","FALSE,GIVING,GODS,GOING,HE,IMMORALITY,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LORD,NATION,NOT,PEOPLE,PUNISH,SINCE,WHEN,WHORES,WIVES,WORSHIPED" Hosea,4,14,"The children of Israel did not understand; they lacked knowledge of God, and because of this they were going to be destroyed","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,DESTROYED,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,KNOWLEDGE,LACKED,NOT,UNDERSTAND" Hosea,4,14,"The children of Israel loved sexual immorality","CHILDREN,IMMORALITY,ISRAEL,LOVED,SEXUAL" Hosea,4,14,"The children of Israel sacrificed to idols","CHILDREN,IDOLS,ISRAEL,SACRIFICED" Hosea,4,14,"The children of Israel worshiped idols with people who were sexually immoral","CHILDREN,IDOLS,IMMORAL,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,SEXUALLY,WHO,WORSHIPED" Hosea,4,14,"There are times when God punishes wicked nations by not punishing people's sin, but instead allowing sin and wickedness to run rampant","ALLOWING,GOD,INSTEAD,NATIONS,NOT,PEOPLE,PUNISHES,PUNISHING,RUN,SIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,4,15,"God warned Judah not to commit the sins that Israel was committing at Bethaven","BETHAVEN,COMMIT,COMMITTING,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDAH,NOT,SINS,WARNED" Hosea,4,15,"God warned Judah not to commit the sins that Israel was committing at Gilgal","COMMIT,COMMITTING,GILGAL,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDAH,NOT,SINS,WARNED" Hosea,4,15,"God warned Judah not to do what Israel did, which was use the name of the Lord while worshiping idols","DO,GOD,IDOLS,ISRAEL,JUDAH,LORD,NAME,NOT,USE,WARNED,WHAT,WHICH,WHILE,WORSHIPING" Hosea,4,15,"God warned Judah not to follow Israel's example and become immoral and idolatrous as well","BECOME,EXAMPLE,FOLLOW,GOD,IDOLATROUS,IMMORAL,ISRAEL,JUDAH,NOT,WARNED" Hosea,4,15,"The nation of Israel was guilty of idolatry; they were wicked and had departed from God","DEPARTED,GOD,GUILTY,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,NATION,WICKED" Hosea,4,15,"We must not copy the sins of others; we must not follow a wicked and sinful example","EXAMPLE,FOLLOW,MUST,NOT,SINFUL,SINS,WICKED" Hosea,4,16,"Because Israel had backslidden, God was going to scatter them all over the world; (it is not good for a lamb to be fed alone in a large field because it is dangerous and exposes the lamb to predators)","ALL,ALONE,BECAUSE,DANGEROUS,EXPOSES,FED,FIELD,GOD,GOING,GOOD,ISRAEL,LAMB,LARGE,NOT,PREDATORS,SCATTER,WORLD" Hosea,4,16,"Judah should not copy the behavior of Israel, for God was going to punish them and destroy Israel for its idolatry and immorality","BEHAVIOR,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,IDOLATRY,IMMORALITY,ISRAEL,JUDAH,NOT,PUNISH,SHOULD" Hosea,4,16,"The nation of Israel had backslidden; they had gone away from God and were not where they should be","AWAY,GOD,GONE,ISRAEL,NATION,NOT,SHOULD,WHERE" Hosea,4,17,"God warned Judah not to be like Israel, or like Ephraim","EPHRAIM,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDAH,LIKE,NOT,WARNED" Hosea,4,17,"Judah must not copy the idolatrous example of Ephraim","EPHRAIM,EXAMPLE,IDOLATROUS,JUDAH,MUST,NOT" Hosea,4,17,"The tribe of Ephraim had joined itself to idols; it was an idolatrous tribe that worshiped false gods","EPHRAIM,FALSE,GODS,IDOLATROUS,IDOLS,JOINED,TRIBE,WORSHIPED" Hosea,4,18,"God exposed the sins of the rulers of Israel","EXPOSED,GOD,ISRAEL,RULERS,SINS" Hosea,4,18,"It is shameful when rulers accept bribes","ACCEPT,BRIBES,RULERS,SHAMEFUL,WHEN" Hosea,4,18,"It is shameful when rulers ask for bribes","ASK,BRIBES,RULERS,SHAMEFUL,WHEN" Hosea,4,18,"Rulers must not accept bribes","ACCEPT,BRIBES,MUST,NOT,RULERS" Hosea,4,18,"Rulers must not ask for bribes","ASK,BRIBES,MUST,NOT,RULERS" Hosea,4,18,"The blessings of the children of Israel had turned sour; Judah should not copy them, for Israel was in a bad place and was being punished; they were not experiencing good things","BAD,BEING,BLESSINGS,CHILDREN,EXPERIENCING,GOOD,ISRAEL,JUDAH,NOT,PLACE,PUNISHED,SHOULD,SOUR,THINGS,TURNED" Hosea,4,18,"The children of Israel were continually unfaithful to the Lord; they did not sin occasionally, but continually","CHILDREN,CONTINUALLY,ISRAEL,LORD,NOT,SIN,UNFAITHFUL" Hosea,4,18,"The rulers of the children of Israel loved to tell people to give them bribes; they openly demanded bribes and were deeply unjust","BRIBES,CHILDREN,DEEPLY,DEMANDED,GIVE,ISRAEL,LOVED,OPENLY,PEOPLE,RULERS,TELL,UNJUST" Hosea,4,18,"The rulers of the children of Israel were shameful","CHILDREN,ISRAEL,RULERS,SHAMEFUL" Hosea,4,19,"Because Israel was wicked and idolatrous, God was going to quickly take them up and drive them out of the promised land, and scatter them all over the world","ALL,BECAUSE,DRIVE,GOD,GOING,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,LAND,PROMISED,QUICKLY,SCATTER,TAKE,UP,WICKED,WORLD" Hosea,4,19,"The day was coming when the children of Israel would be ashamed of the sacrifices that they had offered to idols; one day they would regret what they had done","ASHAMED,CHILDREN,COMING,DAY,DONE,IDOLS,ISRAEL,OFFERED,ONE,REGRET,SACRIFICES,WHAT,WHEN" Hosea,5,1,"God gave Hosea a message for the household of the king of Israel","GAVE,GOD,HOSEA,HOUSEHOLD,ISRAEL,KING,MESSAGE" Hosea,5,1,"God gave Hosea a message for the nation of Israel","GAVE,GOD,HOSEA,ISRAEL,MESSAGE,NATION" Hosea,5,1,"God gave Hosea a message for the priests of Israel","GAVE,GOD,HOSEA,ISRAEL,MESSAGE,PRIESTS" Hosea,5,1,"God was going to send judgment upon the household of the kings of Israel","GOD,GOING,HOUSEHOLD,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,KINGS,SEND" Hosea,5,1,"God was going to send judgment upon the nation of Israel","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NATION,SEND" Hosea,5,1,"God was going to send judgment upon the priests of Israel","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,PRIESTS,SEND" Hosea,5,1,"The reason God was going to send His judgment upon Israel was because they had been a snare; (Mizpah was east of Jordan and Tabor was west of Jordan)","BECAUSE,EAST,GOD,GOING,HIS,ISRAEL,JORDAN,JUDGMENT,MIZPAH,REASON,SEND,SNARE,TABOR,WEST" Hosea,5,1,"We must not be a snare to others","MUST,NOT,SNARE" Hosea,5,2,"God had rebuked the children of Israel but they refused to listen or repent","CHILDREN,GOD,ISRAEL,LISTEN,REBUKED,REFUSED,REPENT" Hosea,5,2,"God hates the shedding of innocent blood","BLOOD,GOD,HATES,INNOCENT,SHEDDING" Hosea,5,2,"The children of Israel had shed much innocent blood","BLOOD,CHILDREN,INNOCENT,ISRAEL,MUCH,SHED" Hosea,5,2,"We must not shed innocent blood","BLOOD,INNOCENT,MUST,NOT,SHED" Hosea,5,3,"Ephraim was guilty of idolatry (which God calls 'whoredom', for they had sought after other gods)","AFTER,CALLS,EPHRAIM,GOD,GODS,GUILTY,IDOLATRY,SOUGHT,WHICH,WHOREDOM" Hosea,5,3,"God hates idolatry","GOD,HATES,IDOLATRY" Hosea,5,3,"God knew Ephraim; He saw what they were doing; their sins were not hidden from Him","DOING,EPHRAIM,GOD,HE,HIDDEN,HIM,KNEW,NOT,SAW,SINS,WHAT" Hosea,5,3,"God knew the children of Israel; He saw what they were doing; their sins were not hidden from Him","CHILDREN,DOING,GOD,HE,HIDDEN,HIM,ISRAEL,KNEW,NOT,SAW,SINS,WHAT" Hosea,5,3,"God knows what we are doing","DOING,GOD,KNOWS,WHAT" Hosea,5,3,"God sees us","GOD,SEES" Hosea,5,3,"Idolatry defiles nations in the sight of God","DEFILES,GOD,IDOLATRY,NATIONS,SIGHT" Hosea,5,3,"Israel was defiled; they had also worshiped other gods (which defiled them)","DEFILED,GODS,ISRAEL,WHICH,WORSHIPED" Hosea,5,3,"Our sins are not hidden from God","GOD,HIDDEN,NOT,OUR,SINS" Hosea,5,3,"The sins of nations are not hidden from God; He knows what they are doing","DOING,GOD,HE,HIDDEN,KNOWS,NATIONS,NOT,SINS,WHAT" Hosea,5,3,"Those who worship other gods defile themselves","DEFILE,GODS,WHO,WORSHIP" Hosea,5,3,"We must not worship false gods; we must not be guilty of idolatry","FALSE,GODS,GUILTY,IDOLATRY,MUST,NOT,WORSHIP" Hosea,5,4,"Ephraim did not know the Lord","EPHRAIM,KNOW,LORD,NOT" Hosea,5,4,"Ephraim had a 'spirit of whoredoms'; they were deeply idolatrous and loved their sin","DEEPLY,EPHRAIM,IDOLATROUS,LOVED,SIN,SPIRIT,WHOREDOMS" Hosea,5,4,"Ephraim would not repent; they refused to turn from their sins and worship God alone","ALONE,EPHRAIM,GOD,NOT,REFUSED,REPENT,SINS,TURN,WORSHIP" Hosea,5,4,"The children of Israel did not know the Lord","CHILDREN,ISRAEL,KNOW,LORD,NOT" Hosea,5,4,"The children of Israel had a 'spirit of whoredoms'; they were deeply idolatrous and loved their sin","CHILDREN,DEEPLY,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,LOVED,SIN,SPIRIT,WHOREDOMS" Hosea,5,4,"The children of Israel would not repent; they refused to turn from their sins and worship God alone","ALONE,CHILDREN,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,REFUSED,REPENT,SINS,TURN,WORSHIP" Hosea,5,4,"You cannot worship both God and idols; those who worship idols do not know the Lord","CANNOT,DO,GOD,IDOLS,KNOW,LORD,NOT,WHO,WORSHIP,YOU" Hosea,5,5,"A nation's pride testifies against it","AGAINST,NATION,PRIDE,TESTIFIES" Hosea,5,5,"Because Ephraim was proud of its sin, they would fall","BECAUSE,EPHRAIM,FALL,PROUD,SIN" Hosea,5,5,"Because Israel was proud of its sin, the nation would fall","BECAUSE,FALL,ISRAEL,NATION,PROUD,SIN" Hosea,5,5,"Israel was proud; (this seems to be speaking of being proud of its idolatry)","BEING,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,PROUD,SEEMS,SPEAKING" Hosea,5,5,"Israel's pride testified against the nation","AGAINST,ISRAEL,NATION,PRIDE,TESTIFIED" Hosea,5,5,"It is bad for nations to be proud of their sin","BAD,NATIONS,PROUD,SIN" Hosea,5,5,"Judah was also going to fall","FALL,GOING,JUDAH" Hosea,5,5,"Those who are proud of their sin and who do not repent will fall; they will not escape judgment","DO,ESCAPE,FALL,JUDGMENT,NOT,PROUD,REPENT,SIN,WHO" Hosea,5,6,"The day was coming when the children of Israel would go with their livestock to seek the Lord, but they would not find Him","CHILDREN,COMING,DAY,FIND,GO,HIM,ISRAEL,LIVESTOCK,LORD,NOT,SEEK,WHEN" Hosea,5,6,"The day was coming when the Lord would withdraw Himself so that the children of Israel could not find Him; the reason He will do this is because they sinned and refused to repent; they were guilty of idolatry and would not repent of it","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,COMING,DAY,DO,FIND,GUILTY,HE,HIM,HIMSELF,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,LORD,NOT,REASON,REFUSED,REPENT,SINNED,WHEN,WITHDRAW" Hosea,5,7,"As punishment for their sins, the children of Israel would be devoured in a month","CHILDREN,DEVOURED,ISRAEL,MONTH,PUNISHMENT,SINS" Hosea,5,7,"God was going to punish Israel for their treachery","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,TREACHERY" Hosea,5,7,"The children of Israel had dealt treacherously with the Lord; they had broken their covenant with Him and sought after false gods","AFTER,BROKEN,CHILDREN,COVENANT,DEALT,FALSE,GODS,HIM,ISRAEL,LORD,SOUGHT,TREACHEROUSLY" Hosea,5,7,"We must not break the promises that we made to God; we must do what we said we would do","BREAK,DO,GOD,MADE,MUST,NOT,PROMISES,SAID,WHAT" Hosea,5,8,"God commanded that people cry out at Bethaven (because judgment was coming)","BECAUSE,BETHAVEN,COMING,COMMANDED,CRY,GOD,JUDGMENT,PEOPLE" Hosea,5,8,"God commanded that the cornet be blown in Gibeah (because judgment was coming)","BECAUSE,BLOWN,COMING,COMMANDED,CORNET,GIBEAH,GOD,JUDGMENT" Hosea,5,8,"God commanded that the trumpet be blown in Ramah (because judgment was coming)","BECAUSE,BLOWN,COMING,COMMANDED,GOD,JUDGMENT,RAMAH,TRUMPET" Hosea,5,8,"God said that judgment was coming upon the tribe of Benjamin","BENJAMIN,COMING,GOD,JUDGMENT,SAID,TRIBE" Hosea,5,8,"God warned the children of Israel that judgment and destruction was coming upon them because of their idolatry, but they refused to listen and refused to repent; God warned them before destroying them","BECAUSE,BEFORE,CHILDREN,COMING,DESTROYING,DESTRUCTION,GOD,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,LISTEN,REFUSED,REPENT,WARNED" Hosea,5,9,"God told the tribes of Israel in advance what He was going to do; He warned them of the coming judgment before He sent His judgment","ADVANCE,BEFORE,COMING,DO,GOD,GOING,HE,HIS,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,SENT,TOLD,TRIBES,WARNED,WHAT" Hosea,5,9,"When God judged Ephraim, their territory would be desolate","DESOLATE,EPHRAIM,GOD,JUDGED,TERRITORY,WHEN" Hosea,5,10,"Because the princes of Judah were wicked, God was going to pour out His wrath upon them as one pours out water","BECAUSE,GOD,GOING,HIS,JUDAH,ONE,POUR,POURS,PRINCES,WATER,WICKED,WRATH" Hosea,5,10,"God holds princes accountable for their actions","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,GOD,HOLDS,PRINCES" Hosea,5,10,"God was angry with the princes of Judah because of their wickedness","ANGRY,BECAUSE,GOD,JUDAH,PRINCES,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,5,10,"It is wicked to remove boundaries","BOUNDARIES,REMOVE,WICKED" Hosea,5,10,"Princes do not have the right to act as they please","ACT,DO,NOT,PLEASE,PRINCES,RIGHT" Hosea,5,10,"The princes of Judah were wicked","JUDAH,PRINCES,WICKED" Hosea,5,11,"God sends His judgment upon nations that willingly obey evil commandments","COMMANDMENTS,EVIL,GOD,HIS,JUDGMENT,NATIONS,OBEY,SENDS,WILLINGLY" Hosea,5,11,"God was going to break Ephraim","BREAK,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING" Hosea,5,11,"God was going to oppress Ephraim","EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,OPPRESS" Hosea,5,11,"If an evil thing is turned into a law, it is still evil and God will still punish those who do it","DO,EVIL,GOD,IF,LAW,PUNISH,THING,TURNED,WHO" Hosea,5,11,"The reason God was going to punish Ephraim and send judgment upon them was because that tribe willingly did evil; (the tribe willingly obeyed the commandment to worship the golden calves)","BECAUSE,CALVES,COMMANDMENT,EPHRAIM,EVIL,GOD,GOING,GOLDEN,JUDGMENT,OBEYED,PUNISH,REASON,SEND,TRIBE,WILLINGLY,WORSHIP" Hosea,5,11,"We must not willingly obey evil commandments","COMMANDMENTS,EVIL,MUST,NOT,OBEY,WILLINGLY" Hosea,5,12,"Because Ephraim willingly obeyed an evil law, God was going to destroy the nation as moths destroy clothing","BECAUSE,CLOTHING,DESTROY,EPHRAIM,EVIL,GOD,GOING,LAW,MOTHS,NATION,OBEYED,WILLINGLY" Hosea,5,12,"Because Judah willingly did evil, God was going to destroy the nation as rottenness destroys goods","BECAUSE,DESTROY,DESTROYS,EVIL,GOD,GOING,GOODS,JUDAH,NATION,ROTTENNESS,WILLINGLY" Hosea,5,12,"God holds nations accountable for their actions","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,GOD,HOLDS,NATIONS" Hosea,5,12,"There are times when God punishes nations for their sins","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SINS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,5,13,"Pagan kings and pagan nations cannot save countries from the wrath of God; they cannot save in the day of judgment","CANNOT,COUNTRIES,DAY,GOD,JUDGMENT,KINGS,NATIONS,PAGAN,SAVE,WRATH" Hosea,5,13,"Pagan kings could not save Ephraim","EPHRAIM,KINGS,NOT,PAGAN,SAVE" Hosea,5,13,"The Assyrians could not save Ephraim","ASSYRIANS,EPHRAIM,NOT,SAVE" Hosea,5,13,"When Ephraim realized it was in trouble, they sought help from a pagan king; they did not seek help from the Lord","EPHRAIM,HELP,KING,LORD,NOT,PAGAN,REALIZED,SEEK,SOUGHT,TROUBLE,WHEN" Hosea,5,13,"When Ephraim realized it was in trouble, they went to the Assyrians; they did not seek after God and they did not repent","AFTER,ASSYRIANS,EPHRAIM,GOD,NOT,REALIZED,REPENT,SEEK,TROUBLE,WENT,WHEN" Hosea,5,13,"When we are in trouble we must go to the Lord; He is the only one who can heal us and save us","CAN,GO,HE,HEAL,LORD,MUST,ONE,ONLY,SAVE,TROUBLE,WHEN,WHO" Hosea,5,14,"In the coming judgment, God was going to treat Ephiram as a lion treats its prey; God was going to tear the nation to pieces, and no one would be able to save them","ABLE,COMING,EPHIRAM,GOD,GOING,JUDGMENT,LION,NATION,NO,ONE,PIECES,PREY,SAVE,TEAR,TREAT,TREATS" Hosea,5,14,"In the coming judgment, God was going to treat Judah as a lion treats its prey; God was going to tear the nation to pieces, and no one would be able to save them","ABLE,COMING,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,JUDGMENT,LION,NATION,NO,ONE,PIECES,PREY,SAVE,TEAR,TREAT,TREATS" Hosea,5,14,"There are times when God destroys nations","DESTROYS,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,5,14,"When God destroys nations, no one can save them or deliver out of His hand","CAN,DELIVER,DESTROYS,GOD,HAND,HIS,NATIONS,NO,ONE,SAVE,WHEN" Hosea,5,15,"God said that He was going to return to the place where He came from, until the people acknowledged their sins and repented; (this seems to a reference to what Christ said when the Jews rejected Him: He was going to leave, and they would not see Him again until they said 'blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord)","ACKNOWLEDGED,AGAIN,BLESSED,CHRIST,COMES,GOD,GOING,HE,HIM,JEWS,LEAVE,LORD,NAME,NOT,PEOPLE,PLACE,REFERENCE,REJECTED,REPENTED,RETURN,SAID,SEE,SEEMS,SINS,UNTIL,WHAT,WHEN,WHERE,WHO" Hosea,5,15,"Jesus is not going to return to Israel until they repent and seek Him","GOING,HIM,ISRAEL,JESUS,NOT,REPENT,RETURN,SEEK,UNTIL" Hosea,5,15,"One day the Jews will repent and seek Jesus; one day they will be converted and believe","BELIEVE,CONVERTED,DAY,JESUS,JEWS,ONE,REPENT,SEEK" Hosea,5,15,"The Jews would seek Jesus after being afflicted; their affliction would drive them to seek Jesus; when they are afflicted they will seek Him early","AFFLICTED,AFFLICTION,AFTER,BEING,DRIVE,EARLY,HIM,JESUS,JEWS,SEEK,WHEN" Hosea,6,1,"God has not abandoned Israel; He has a plan to save them","ABANDONED,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,NOT,PLAN,SAVE" Hosea,6,1,"Hosea called upon the children of Israel to return to the Lord","CALLED,CHILDREN,HOSEA,ISRAEL,LORD,RETURN" Hosea,6,1,"One day the Lord would heal the nation of Israel","DAY,HEAL,ISRAEL,LORD,NATION,ONE" Hosea,6,1,"The Lord was the one who had punished the nation of Israel (because of their sins)","BECAUSE,ISRAEL,LORD,NATION,ONE,PUNISHED,SINS,WHO" Hosea,6,1,"The Lord would not always be against Israel; one day He will heal the nation that He punished for so long","AGAINST,ALWAYS,DAY,HE,HEAL,ISRAEL,LONG,LORD,NATION,NOT,ONE,PUNISHED" Hosea,6,1,"There are times when God punishes those who sins, and sends His judgment upon them","GOD,HIS,JUDGMENT,PUNISHES,SENDS,SINS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WHO" Hosea,6,1,"Those who are smitten because of their sin must go to the Lord and repent; the Lord who punished them will save all who repent","ALL,BECAUSE,GO,LORD,MUST,PUNISHED,REPENT,SAVE,SIN,SMITTEN,WHO" Hosea,6,2,"God will revive the nation of Israel after two days, and will raise them up on the third day; (this seems to be a reference to the resurrection of the Messiah)","AFTER,DAY,DAYS,GOD,ISRAEL,MESSIAH,NATION,RAISE,REFERENCE,RESURRECTION,REVIVE,SEEMS,THIRD,TWO,UP" Hosea,6,3,"Hosea called upon the children of Israel to follow the Lord","CALLED,CHILDREN,FOLLOW,HOSEA,ISRAEL,LORD" Hosea,6,3,"Hosea called upon the children of Israel to know the Lord","CALLED,CHILDREN,HOSEA,ISRAEL,KNOW,LORD" Hosea,6,3,"Hosea compares the visitation of the Lord to the former and latter rain that waters the ground","COMPARES,FORMER,GROUND,HOSEA,LATTER,LORD,RAIN,VISITATION,WATERS" Hosea,6,3,"The day is coming when the Lord will go to Israel","COMING,DAY,GO,ISRAEL,LORD,WHEN" Hosea,6,3,"The day when the Lord visits Israel is compared to a day of rain; (this seems to be a positive comparison)","COMPARED,COMPARISON,DAY,ISRAEL,LORD,RAIN,SEEMS,VISITS,WHEN" Hosea,6,3,"The path of the Lord is prepared as the morning","LORD,MORNING,PATH,PREPARED" Hosea,6,3,"We must follow the Lord","FOLLOW,LORD,MUST" Hosea,6,3,"We must seek the Lord","LORD,MUST,SEEK" Hosea,6,3,"We must seek to know the Lord","KNOW,LORD,MUST,SEEK" Hosea,6,4,"An obedience that doesn't last for very long isn't worth anything","ANYTHING,LAST,LONG,OBEDIENCE,WORTH" Hosea,6,4,"Early morning fog does not last for very long; it quickly disappears","DISAPPEARS,EARLY,FOG,LAST,LONG,MORNING,NOT,QUICKLY" Hosea,6,4,"Ephraim had been wicked in the sight of God; their goodness quickly evaporated","EPHRAIM,GOD,GOODNESS,QUICKLY,SIGHT,WICKED" Hosea,6,4,"God does not want us to have a type of goodness that quickly evaporates; He commands us to continue to walk in righteousness","COMMANDS,CONTINUE,GOD,GOODNESS,HE,NOT,QUICKLY,RIGHTEOUSNESS,WALK,WANT" Hosea,6,4,"Judah had been wicked in the sight of God; their goodness quickly evaporated","GOD,GOODNESS,JUDAH,QUICKLY,SIGHT,WICKED" Hosea,6,4,"The early dew does not last for very long; it quickly disappears","DEW,DISAPPEARS,EARLY,LAST,LONG,NOT,QUICKLY" Hosea,6,5,"Because Ephraim and Judah were wicked, God killed them","BECAUSE,EPHRAIM,GOD,JUDAH,KILLED,WICKED" Hosea,6,5,"Because Ephraim and Judah were wicked, God used the prophets to judge them","BECAUSE,EPHRAIM,GOD,JUDAH,JUDGE,PROPHETS,USED,WICKED" Hosea,6,5,"God uses His words to judge nations","GOD,HIS,JUDGE,NATIONS,USES,WORDS" Hosea,6,5,"God worked through His Word","GOD,HIS,WORD,WORKED" Hosea,6,5,"God worked through the prophets","GOD,PROPHETS,WORKED" Hosea,6,5,"The judgments of God are a shining light","GOD,JUDGMENTS,LIGHT,SHINING" Hosea,6,6,"A burnt offering is an offering of dedication; those who dedicate their lives to God and yet do not know Him, and yet do not walk in His ways, have accomplished nothing; they are not pleasing God at all","ACCOMPLISHED,ALL,BURNT,DEDICATE,DEDICATION,DO,GOD,HIM,HIS,KNOW,LIVES,NOT,NOTHING,OFFERING,PLEASING,WALK,WHO" Hosea,6,6,"God cares about the way that we treat other people","CARES,GOD,PEOPLE,TREAT" Hosea,6,6,"God desired mercy, and not sacrifice","DESIRED,GOD,MERCY,NOT,SACRIFICE" Hosea,6,6,"God does not respect nations that offer Him gifts and yet do not know Him","DO,GIFTS,GOD,HIM,KNOW,NATIONS,NOT,OFFER,RESPECT" Hosea,6,6,"God is not looking for people who will offer Him gifts while they are cruel to others; instead He wants us to show mercy to one another","ANOTHER,CRUEL,GIFTS,GOD,HE,HIM,INSTEAD,LOOKING,MERCY,NOT,OFFER,ONE,PEOPLE,SHOW,WANTS,WHILE,WHO" Hosea,6,6,"God wants us to have knowledge of Him; He wants us to know Him and His words","GOD,HE,HIM,HIS,KNOW,KNOWLEDGE,WANTS,WORDS" Hosea,6,6,"If you want to offer God gifts then you first must know the Lord; the knowledge of God must come first","COME,FIRST,GIFTS,GOD,IF,KNOW,KNOWLEDGE,LORD,MUST,OFFER,WANT,YOU" Hosea,6,6,"If you want to offer God gifts then you first must learn to show mercy to others","FIRST,GIFTS,GOD,IF,LEARN,MERCY,MUST,OFFER,SHOW,WANT,YOU" Hosea,6,6,"Offering God gifts is useless if the people who are offering the gifts do not know God","DO,GIFTS,GOD,IF,KNOW,NOT,OFFERING,PEOPLE,USELESS,WHO" Hosea,6,6,"Offering God gifts is useless if we do not walk in His ways","DO,GIFTS,GOD,HIS,IF,NOT,OFFERING,USELESS,WALK" Hosea,6,6,"There are greater things than giving gifts to God","GIFTS,GIVING,GOD,GREATER,THERE,THINGS" Hosea,6,6,"What God wants is not outward gifts and offerings of sacrifice; instead He desires mercy","DESIRES,GIFTS,GOD,HE,INSTEAD,MERCY,NOT,OFFERINGS,OUTWARD,SACRIFICE,WANTS,WHAT" Hosea,6,7,"People are treacherous","PEOPLE,TREACHEROUS" Hosea,6,7,"People break their agreements","BREAK,PEOPLE" Hosea,6,7,"People do not keep their word","DO,KEEP,NOT,PEOPLE,WORD" Hosea,6,7,"The children of Israel broke their covenant with God","BROKE,CHILDREN,COVENANT,GOD,ISRAEL" Hosea,6,7,"The children of Israel had a covenant with God","CHILDREN,COVENANT,GOD,ISRAEL" Hosea,6,7,"The children of Israel had dealt treacherously with God; they made a covenant and then violated it","CHILDREN,COVENANT,DEALT,GOD,ISRAEL,MADE,TREACHEROUSLY,VIOLATED" Hosea,6,7,"Those who make covenants and break them are dealing treacherously","BREAK,COVENANTS,DEALING,MAKE,TREACHEROUSLY,WHO" Hosea,6,7,"We must keep our covenants","COVENANTS,KEEP,MUST,OUR" Hosea,6,7,"We must not deal treacherously with others","DEAL,MUST,NOT,TREACHEROUSLY" Hosea,6,8,"God hates the shedding of innocent blood","BLOOD,GOD,HATES,INNOCENT,SHEDDING" Hosea,6,8,"God is against cities that shed innocent blood","AGAINST,BLOOD,CITIES,GOD,INNOCENT,SHED" Hosea,6,8,"It is possible for cities to be wicked","CITIES,POSSIBLE,WICKED" Hosea,6,8,"The city of Gilead was a sinful city","CITY,GILEAD,SINFUL" Hosea,6,8,"The city of Gilead was polluted by all the innocent blood that had been shed within it","ALL,BLOOD,CITY,GILEAD,INNOCENT,POLLUTED,SHED" Hosea,6,8,"The people who lived in Gilead were murderers; they had shed innocent blood","BLOOD,GILEAD,INNOCENT,LIVED,MURDERERS,PEOPLE,SHED,WHO" Hosea,6,8,"The people who lived in Gilead were wicked; they did evil things in the sight of God","EVIL,GILEAD,GOD,LIVED,PEOPLE,SIGHT,THINGS,WHO,WICKED" Hosea,6,8,"There are times when God condemns cities for their sin","CITIES,CONDEMNS,GOD,SIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,6,8,"We must not shed innocent blood","BLOOD,INNOCENT,MUST,NOT,SHED" Hosea,6,8,"When a city sheds innocent blood, that blood pollutes the city","BLOOD,CITY,INNOCENT,POLLUTES,WHEN" Hosea,6,9,"Ancient Israel had a serious problem with crime, assault, and murder","ANCIENT,ASSAULT,CRIME,ISRAEL,MURDER,PROBLEM,SERIOUS" Hosea,6,9,"In ancient Israel, the priests were murderers","ANCIENT,ISRAEL,MURDERERS,PRIESTS" Hosea,6,9,"In ancient Israel, there were entire gangs of robbers that would assault and murder people","ANCIENT,ASSAULT,ENTIRE,ISRAEL,MURDER,PEOPLE,ROBBERS,THERE" Hosea,6,9,"It seems that murder was common in ancient Israel","ANCIENT,COMMON,ISRAEL,MURDER,SEEMS" Hosea,6,9,"The priests in ancient Israel were wicked and vile; God compared them to gangs of robbers","ANCIENT,COMPARED,GOD,ISRAEL,PRIESTS,ROBBERS,VILE,WICKED" Hosea,6,10,"God cares about what the nations are doing","CARES,DOING,GOD,NATIONS,WHAT" Hosea,6,10,"God had seen the horrible things that Israel was doing","DOING,GOD,HORRIBLE,ISRAEL,SEEN,THINGS" Hosea,6,10,"God knows what the nations are doing; their deeds are not hidden from Him","DEEDS,DOING,GOD,HIDDEN,HIM,KNOWS,NATIONS,NOT,WHAT" Hosea,6,10,"God sees the horrible acts of nations","ACTS,GOD,HORRIBLE,NATIONS,SEES" Hosea,6,10,"Idolatry is a horrible thing","HORRIBLE,IDOLATRY,THING" Hosea,6,10,"Israel was doing horrible things","DOING,HORRIBLE,ISRAEL,THINGS" Hosea,6,10,"Nations must not be idolatrous","IDOLATROUS,MUST,NATIONS,NOT" Hosea,6,10,"Sin defiles nations","DEFILES,NATIONS,SIN" Hosea,6,10,"The idolatry of Ephraim was a horrible thing","EPHRAIM,HORRIBLE,IDOLATRY,THING" Hosea,6,10,"The sins of Israel had defiled the nation","DEFILED,ISRAEL,NATION,SINS" Hosea,6,10,"The tribe of Ephraim was wicked; their idolatry had defiled them","DEFILED,EPHRAIM,IDOLATRY,TRIBE,WICKED" Hosea,6,10,"We must not be idolatrous","IDOLATROUS,MUST,NOT" Hosea,6,11,"God is the one who will bring an end to the captivity of the Jews","BRING,CAPTIVITY,END,GOD,JEWS,ONE,WHO" Hosea,6,11,"One day God would reap a harvest in Judah; (this seems to be a good thing)","DAY,GOD,GOOD,HARVEST,JUDAH,ONE,REAP,SEEMS,THING" Hosea,6,11,"The day was coming when God would return the captive Jews to the promised land; they would not always be in exile","ALWAYS,CAPTIVE,COMING,DAY,EXILE,GOD,JEWS,LAND,NOT,PROMISED,RETURN,WHEN" Hosea,6,11,"The day was coming when the people of Judah would be taken captive","CAPTIVE,COMING,DAY,JUDAH,PEOPLE,TAKEN,WHEN" Hosea,7,1,"A wicked nation must first repent of its wickedness, and stop being wicked, before God will heal it; repentance must come first","BEFORE,BEING,COME,FIRST,GOD,HEAL,MUST,NATION,REPENT,REPENTANCE,STOP,WICKED,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,7,1,"Ephraim was dishonest; they were guilty of telling lies","DISHONEST,EPHRAIM,GUILTY,LIES,TELLING" Hosea,7,1,"Ephraim was wicked","EPHRAIM,WICKED" Hosea,7,1,"God compared Ephraim and Samaria to thieves and robbers","COMPARED,EPHRAIM,GOD,ROBBERS,SAMARIA,THIEVES" Hosea,7,1,"God is against nations that are thieves and robbers","AGAINST,GOD,NATIONS,ROBBERS,THIEVES" Hosea,7,1,"God is against wicked nations","AGAINST,GOD,NATIONS,WICKED" Hosea,7,1,"God pays attentions to the actions of nations; He knows what they are doing and He holds them accountable","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,DOING,GOD,HE,HOLDS,KNOWS,NATIONS,PAYS,WHAT" Hosea,7,1,"God was going to heal Israel, but their wickedness prevented that from happening","GOD,GOING,HAPPENING,HEAL,ISRAEL,PREVENTED,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,7,1,"God will not heal a wicked nation","GOD,HEAL,NATION,NOT,WICKED" Hosea,7,1,"Samaria was dishonest; they were guilty of telling lies","DISHONEST,GUILTY,LIES,SAMARIA,TELLING" Hosea,7,1,"Samaria was wicked","SAMARIA,WICKED" Hosea,7,2,"Ephraim did not consider the fact that God knew they were wicked","CONSIDER,EPHRAIM,FACT,GOD,KNEW,NOT,WICKED" Hosea,7,2,"Ephraim did not consider the fact that God remembered all the wicked things they had done","ALL,CONSIDER,DONE,EPHRAIM,FACT,GOD,NOT,REMEMBERED,THINGS,WICKED" Hosea,7,2,"God cares about the behavior of nations; He is not indifferent to what they are doing","BEHAVIOR,CARES,DOING,GOD,HE,NATIONS,NOT,WHAT" Hosea,7,2,"God knows all the wicked things that nations have done","ALL,DONE,GOD,KNOWS,NATIONS,THINGS,WICKED" Hosea,7,2,"God remembers all the wicked things that nations have done","ALL,DONE,GOD,NATIONS,REMEMBERS,THINGS,WICKED" Hosea,7,2,"Samaria did not consider the fact that God knew they were wicked","CONSIDER,FACT,GOD,KNEW,NOT,SAMARIA,WICKED" Hosea,7,2,"Samaria did not consider the fact that God remembered all the wicked things they had done","ALL,CONSIDER,DONE,FACT,GOD,NOT,REMEMBERED,SAMARIA,THINGS,WICKED" Hosea,7,2,"The wickedness of Ephraim and Samaria had come up before God; what they were doing could not be ignored","BEFORE,COME,DOING,EPHRAIM,GOD,IGNORED,NOT,SAMARIA,UP,WHAT,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,7,2,"The wickedness of Ephraim and Samaria have caused them problems","CAUSED,EPHRAIM,PROBLEMS,SAMARIA,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,7,3,"God holds kings accountable","ACCOUNTABLE,GOD,HOLDS,KINGS" Hosea,7,3,"God holds princes accountable","ACCOUNTABLE,GOD,HOLDS,PRINCES" Hosea,7,3,"God is aware of the sins of kings","AWARE,GOD,KINGS,SINS" Hosea,7,3,"God is aware of the sins of princes","AWARE,GOD,PRINCES,SINS" Hosea,7,3,"God will not heal a nation of its leaders love sin","GOD,HEAL,LEADERS,LOVE,NATION,NOT,SIN" Hosea,7,3,"It is a terrible thing when the leaders of a nation love evil","EVIL,LEADERS,LOVE,NATION,TERRIBLE,THING,WHEN" Hosea,7,3,"The king of Israel loved wickedness","ISRAEL,KING,LOVED,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,7,3,"The king of Israel was deeply wicked; wickedness made him happy","DEEPLY,HAPPY,HIM,ISRAEL,KING,MADE,WICKED,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,7,3,"The princes of Israel loved lies","ISRAEL,LIES,LOVED,PRINCES" Hosea,7,3,"The princes of Israel were deeply wicked; wickedness made them happy","DEEPLY,HAPPY,ISRAEL,MADE,PRINCES,WICKED,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,7,4,"God compared the leaders of Israel to bread that was full of leaven; (in the Bible leaven represents sin)","BIBLE,BREAD,COMPARED,FULL,GOD,ISRAEL,LEADERS,LEAVEN,REPRESENTS,SIN" Hosea,7,4,"God does not ignore idolatry","GOD,IDOLATRY,IGNORE,NOT" Hosea,7,4,"In ancient times bakers kneaded dough","ANCIENT,BAKERS,DOUGH,KNEADED,TIMES" Hosea,7,4,"In ancient times bakers made bread","ANCIENT,BAKERS,BREAD,MADE,TIMES" Hosea,7,4,"In ancient times bakers made bread with leaven","ANCIENT,BAKERS,BREAD,LEAVEN,MADE,TIMES" Hosea,7,4,"In ancient times bakers used ovens","ANCIENT,BAKERS,OVENS,TIMES,USED" Hosea,7,4,"In ancient times there were bakers","ANCIENT,BAKERS,THERE,TIMES" Hosea,7,4,"It is a terrible thing when the leaders of a nation are idolaters, and are not faithful toward God","FAITHFUL,GOD,IDOLATERS,LEADERS,NATION,NOT,TERRIBLE,THING,WHEN" Hosea,7,4,"Just like bread is full of leaven, so the nation of Israel was full of idolatry","BREAD,FULL,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,JUST,LEAVEN,LIKE,NATION" Hosea,7,4,"The king and princes of Israel were adulterers; (this is most likely a reference to idolatry, which is referred to as adultery because the people were seeking after false gods instead of the God they had made a covenant with)","ADULTERERS,ADULTERY,AFTER,BECAUSE,COVENANT,FALSE,GOD,GODS,IDOLATRY,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,KING,LIKELY,MADE,PEOPLE,PRINCES,REFERENCE,REFERRED,SEEKING,WHICH" Hosea,7,5,"God did not hide the sins of the king of Israel, or the princes of Israel; instead He made them public and He rebuked them for it","GOD,HE,HIDE,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,KING,MADE,NOT,PRINCES,PUBLIC,REBUKED,SINS" Hosea,7,5,"The king of Israel spent his time with scorners; his companions were wicked","COMPANIONS,HIS,ISRAEL,KING,SCORNERS,SPENT,TIME,WICKED" Hosea,7,5,"The king of Israel was a drunkard","DRUNKARD,ISRAEL,KING" Hosea,7,5,"The princes of Israel encouraged the king to be a drunkard","DRUNKARD,ENCOURAGED,ISRAEL,KING,PRINCES" Hosea,7,6,"God compared the heart of the king and the princes of Israel to an oven, which burned hot with wickedness","BURNED,COMPARED,GOD,HEART,HOT,ISRAEL,KING,OVEN,PRINCES,WHICH,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,7,6,"God compared the king and princes of Israel to a flaming fire; they were dangerous and ungodly people","COMPARED,DANGEROUS,FIRE,FLAMING,GOD,ISRAEL,KING,PEOPLE,PRINCES,UNGODLY" Hosea,7,6,"The king and princes of Israel slept through the night, and then woke up with a burning desire to do evil","BURNING,DESIRE,DO,EVIL,ISRAEL,KING,NIGHT,PRINCES,SLEPT,UP,WOKE" Hosea,7,6,"The king and the princes of Israel lied in wait; they were very wicked people who sought to do evil to others","DO,EVIL,ISRAEL,KING,LIED,PEOPLE,PRINCES,SOUGHT,WAIT,WHO,WICKED" Hosea,7,7,"All of the kings of Israel had fallen","ALL,FALLEN,ISRAEL,KINGS" Hosea,7,7,"Ancient Israel was a lawless place","ANCIENT,ISRAEL,LAWLESS,PLACE" Hosea,7,7,"God compared the king and princes of Israel to a hot oven; they had a fervent desire to do evil","COMPARED,DESIRE,DO,EVIL,FERVENT,GOD,HOT,ISRAEL,KING,OVEN,PRINCES" Hosea,7,7,"None of the kings of Israel called out to God","CALLED,GOD,ISRAEL,KINGS,NONE" Hosea,7,7,"The king and princes of Israel burned hot; they were filled with a passion for sin","BURNED,FILLED,HOT,ISRAEL,KING,PASSION,PRINCES,SIN" Hosea,7,7,"The king and princes of Israel had devoured the judges of Israel","DEVOURED,ISRAEL,JUDGES,KING,PRINCES" Hosea,7,7,"The leaders of the nations should call out to God","CALL,GOD,LEADERS,NATIONS,SHOULD" Hosea,7,8,"Ephraim was no longer holy; they had mixed themselves with sinful and pagan people, and had become sinful themselves","BECOME,EPHRAIM,HOLY,LONGER,MIXED,NO,PAGAN,PEOPLE,SINFUL" Hosea,7,8,"God compared Ephraim to a cake that had not been turned; it was burnt on one side and raw on the other, and was therefore good for nothing but to be tossed out","BURNT,CAKE,COMPARED,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOOD,NOT,NOTHING,ONE,RAW,SIDE,THEREFORE,TOSSED,TURNED" Hosea,7,8,"God wanted Ephraim to be pure, but they were not pure","EPHRAIM,GOD,NOT,PURE,WANTED" Hosea,7,8,"In ancient times people had to turn their bread when they baked it in ovens","ANCIENT,BAKED,BREAD,OVENS,PEOPLE,TIMES,TURN,WHEN" Hosea,7,9,"Ephraim didn't realize that strangers had devoured the tribe's strength; they were ignorant about what was going on","DEVOURED,EPHRAIM,GOING,IGNORANT,REALIZE,STRANGERS,STRENGTH,TRIBE,WHAT" Hosea,7,9,"God compared Ephraim to a man who was getting grey hair, but hadn't realized it yet; the judgment was alraedy happening to Ephraim but the tribe was unaware","COMPARED,EPHRAIM,GOD,GREY,HAIR,HAPPENING,JUDGMENT,MAN,REALIZED,TRIBE,UNAWARE,WHO" Hosea,7,9,"God punished the nation of Ephraim by sending strangers there, who devoured the tribe's strength","DEVOURED,EPHRAIM,GOD,NATION,PUNISHED,SENDING,STRANGERS,STRENGTH,THERE,TRIBE,WHO" Hosea,7,9,"It is a bad thing when strangers take the strength of nations for themselves; that is a judgment from God","BAD,GOD,JUDGMENT,NATIONS,STRANGERS,STRENGTH,TAKE,THING,WHEN" Hosea,7,9,"Nations should be able to enjoy the fruits of their labor; it is a terrible thing when someone else reaps those benefits instead","ABLE,BENEFITS,ENJOY,FRUITS,INSTEAD,LABOR,NATIONS,REAPS,SHOULD,SOMEONE,TERRIBLE,THING,WHEN" Hosea,7,9,"Strangers devoured the strength of Ephraim","DEVOURED,EPHRAIM,STRANGERS,STRENGTH" Hosea,7,9,"There are times when God judges nations, but the nation doesn't realize it; nations don't always perceive what God has done to them","ALWAYS,DONE,GOD,JUDGES,NATION,NATIONS,PERCEIVE,REALIZE,THERE,TIMES,WHAT,WHEN" Hosea,7,10,"Although Israel was wicked, the nation refued to repent; they would not return to the Lord their God","ALTHOUGH,GOD,ISRAEL,LORD,NATION,NOT,REPENT,RETURN,WICKED" Hosea,7,10,"Israel refused to seek the Lord, in spite of their wickedness and in spite of all the things that were happening","ALL,HAPPENING,ISRAEL,LORD,REFUSED,SEEK,SPITE,THINGS,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,7,10,"Israel was wicked and needed to repent","ISRAEL,NEEDED,REPENT,WICKED" Hosea,7,10,"It is a bad thing when nations are proud (especially when they are proud of their sin)","BAD,ESPECIALLY,NATIONS,PROUD,SIN,THING,WHEN" Hosea,7,10,"Nations must not be proud","MUST,NATIONS,NOT,PROUD" Hosea,7,10,"The nation of Israel was very proud","ISRAEL,NATION,PROUD" Hosea,7,10,"The pride of Israel testified against the nation","AGAINST,ISRAEL,NATION,PRIDE,TESTIFIED" Hosea,7,10,"When a nation is wicked, it needs to repent","NATION,NEEDS,REPENT,WHEN,WICKED" Hosea,7,10,"When a nation is wicked, it needs to seek the Lord","LORD,NATION,NEEDS,SEEK,WHEN,WICKED" Hosea,7,11,"Ephraim did not seek God in his hour of need; instead he sought help from other sources","EPHRAIM,GOD,HE,HELP,HIS,HOUR,INSTEAD,NEED,NOT,SEEK,SOUGHT,SOURCES" Hosea,7,11,"Ephraim did not trust in the Lord in times of trouble; instead they looked to pagan nations for help","EPHRAIM,HELP,INSTEAD,LOOKED,LORD,NATIONS,NOT,PAGAN,TIMES,TROUBLE,TRUST" Hosea,7,11,"God compared Ephraim to a dove that had no heart; Ephraim had no heart for God, but instead chased after idols and false gods","AFTER,CHASED,COMPARED,DOVE,EPHRAIM,FALSE,GOD,GODS,HEART,IDOLS,INSTEAD,NO" Hosea,7,11,"When Ephraim was in trouble they looked to Assyria for help, and not God","ASSYRIA,EPHRAIM,GOD,HELP,LOOKED,NOT,TROUBLE,WHEN" Hosea,7,11,"When Ephraim was in trouble they looked to Egypt for help, and not God","EGYPT,EPHRAIM,GOD,HELP,LOOKED,NOT,TROUBLE,WHEN" Hosea,7,12,"God was going to bring Ephraim down, as birds are hunted and brought down","BIRDS,BRING,BROUGHT,DOWN,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,HUNTED" Hosea,7,12,"God was going to chastise Ephraim for its sins","CHASTISE,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,SINS" Hosea,7,12,"God was going to spread His net upon Ephraim and catch them","CATCH,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,HIS,NET,SPREAD" Hosea,7,12,"Since Ephraim was wicked, God would not heal them; instead He was going to fight against them and bring them down","AGAINST,BRING,DOWN,EPHRAIM,FIGHT,GOD,GOING,HE,HEAL,INSTEAD,NOT,SINCE,WICKED" Hosea,7,12,"There are times when God brings nations down","BRINGS,DOWN,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,7,12,"There are times when God chastises nations for their sins","CHASTISES,GOD,NATIONS,SINS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,7,12,"There are times when God fights against nations","AGAINST,FIGHTS,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,7,13,"Ephraim had fled from God","EPHRAIM,FLED,GOD" Hosea,7,13,"Ephraim wanted nothing to do with God; the tribe broke its covenant with God and went after idols instead","AFTER,BROKE,COVENANT,DO,EPHRAIM,GOD,IDOLS,INSTEAD,NOTHING,TRIBE,WANTED,WENT" Hosea,7,13,"God becomes angry when people or nations speak lies about Him","ANGRY,BECOMES,GOD,HIM,LIES,NATIONS,PEOPLE,SPEAK,WHEN" Hosea,7,13,"God had redeemed Ephraim, and yet Ephraim had fled from Him and spoken lies about Him","EPHRAIM,FLED,GOD,HIM,LIES,REDEEMED,SPOKEN" Hosea,7,13,"God pronounced woe upon Ephraim","EPHRAIM,GOD,PRONOUNCED,WOE" Hosea,7,13,"It is a terrible thing when nations sin against God","AGAINST,GOD,NATIONS,SIN,TERRIBLE,THING,WHEN" Hosea,7,13,"It is possible for nations to sin against God","AGAINST,GOD,NATIONS,POSSIBLE,SIN" Hosea,7,13,"Nations must not flee from God","FLEE,GOD,MUST,NATIONS,NOT" Hosea,7,13,"Nations must not lie about God","GOD,LIE,MUST,NATIONS,NOT" Hosea,7,13,"Nations must not sin against God","AGAINST,GOD,MUST,NATIONS,NOT,SIN" Hosea,7,13,"Since Ephraim had fled from God, God was going to send destruction upon them","DESTRUCTION,EPHRAIM,FLED,GOD,GOING,SEND,SINCE" Hosea,7,13,"Since Ephraim had transgressed against God, God was going to send destruction upon them","AGAINST,DESTRUCTION,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,SEND,SINCE" Hosea,7,13,"There are times when God destroys nations that have sinned against Him","AGAINST,DESTROYS,GOD,HIM,NATIONS,SINNED,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,7,13,"We must not speak lies about God","GOD,LIES,MUST,NOT,SPEAK" Hosea,7,14,"Ephraim refused to cry out to God","CRY,EPHRAIM,GOD,REFUSED" Hosea,7,14,"God considers the actions of nations, and holds them accountable","ACCOUNTABLE,ACTIONS,CONSIDERS,GOD,HOLDS,NATIONS" Hosea,7,14,"God requires repentance; this is true of both people and nations","GOD,NATIONS,PEOPLE,REPENTANCE,REQUIRES,TRUE" Hosea,7,14,"God seeks those who will cry out to Him with their heart","CRY,GOD,HEART,HIM,SEEKS,WHO" Hosea,7,14,"God sees what people do on their beds","BEDS,DO,GOD,PEOPLE,SEES,WHAT" Hosea,7,14,"God wanted Ephraim to cry out to Him with their heart, but the tribe refused to do so","CRY,DO,EPHRAIM,GOD,HEART,HIM,REFUSED,TRIBE,WANTED" Hosea,7,14,"It is a terrible thing when nations gather to satisfy their desires, but do not seek after God","AFTER,DESIRES,DO,GATHER,GOD,NATIONS,NOT,SATISFY,SEEK,TERRIBLE,THING,WHEN" Hosea,7,14,"It is a terrible thing when nations rebel against God","AGAINST,GOD,NATIONS,REBEL,TERRIBLE,THING,WHEN" Hosea,7,14,"It is a terrible thing when nations refuse to repent","NATIONS,REFUSE,REPENT,TERRIBLE,THING,WHEN" Hosea,7,14,"It is a terrible thing when nations refuse to seek after God","AFTER,GOD,NATIONS,REFUSE,SEEK,TERRIBLE,THING,WHEN" Hosea,7,14,"Nations that are wicked should repent of their sins and cry out to God with their heart; that is the only way to be saved","CRY,GOD,HEART,NATIONS,ONLY,REPENT,SAVED,SHOULD,SINS,WICKED" Hosea,7,14,"The people of Ephraim gathered together to eat corn and drink wine, but they did not seek God","CORN,DRINK,EAT,EPHRAIM,GATHERED,GOD,NOT,PEOPLE,SEEK,WINE" Hosea,7,14,"The people of Ephraim howled on their beds, but they did not cry out to God","BEDS,CRY,EPHRAIM,GOD,HOWLED,NOT,PEOPLE" Hosea,7,14,"The people of Ephraim rebelled against God","AGAINST,EPHRAIM,GOD,PEOPLE,REBELLED" Hosea,7,15,"Ephraim had made themselves the enemy of God, in spite of all that God had done for them; they hated God and sought to destroy Him","ALL,DESTROY,DONE,ENEMY,EPHRAIM,GOD,HATED,HIM,MADE,SOUGHT,SPITE" Hosea,7,15,"God had done much for Ephraim","DONE,EPHRAIM,GOD,MUCH" Hosea,7,15,"God is the one who gave Ephraim their strength, and yet instead of serving the Lord they rebelled against Him and designed plans to harm Him; instead of repenting they sought to attack God","AGAINST,ATTACK,DESIGNED,EPHRAIM,GAVE,GOD,HARM,HIM,INSTEAD,LORD,ONE,PLANS,REBELLED,REPENTING,SERVING,SOUGHT,STRENGTH,WHO" Hosea,7,16,"Ephraim did not return to God","EPHRAIM,GOD,NOT,RETURN" Hosea,7,16,"Ephraim was deceitful","DECEITFUL,EPHRAIM" Hosea,7,16,"God holds princes accountable for the things that they say","ACCOUNTABLE,GOD,HOLDS,PRINCES,SAY,THINGS" Hosea,7,16,"God is the most High","GOD,HIGH" Hosea,7,16,"God takes people's words very seriously","GOD,PEOPLE,SERIOUSLY,TAKES,WORDS" Hosea,7,16,"One of the ways that God punishes people is by making them an object of ridicule","GOD,MAKING,OBJECT,ONE,PEOPLE,PUNISHES" Hosea,7,16,"The princes of Ephraim were going to be killed by the sword","EPHRAIM,GOING,KILLED,PRINCES,SWORD" Hosea,7,16,"The princes of Ephraim will be derided in Egypt; they will become a subject of scorn and mockery","BECOME,DERIDED,EGYPT,EPHRAIM,MOCKERY,PRINCES,SCORN,SUBJECT" Hosea,7,16,"The reason God was going to kill the princes of Ephraim was because of their tongue; He was going to kill them for the wicked things they had said","BECAUSE,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,HE,KILL,PRINCES,REASON,SAID,THINGS,TONGUE,WICKED" Hosea,7,16,"There are times when God kills princes because of things they said","BECAUSE,GOD,KILLS,PRINCES,SAID,THERE,THINGS,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,8,1,"God commanded Hosea to take up a trumpet and prepare to blow it","BLOW,COMMANDED,GOD,HOSEA,PREPARE,TAKE,TRUMPET,UP" Hosea,8,1,"God was going to come against the house of the Lord; He foretold the destruction of the first temple before it happened","AGAINST,BEFORE,COME,DESTRUCTION,FIRST,FORETOLD,GOD,GOING,HAPPENED,HE,HOUSE,LORD,TEMPLE" Hosea,8,1,"In ancient Israel, people used trumpets","ANCIENT,ISRAEL,PEOPLE,TRUMPETS,USED" Hosea,8,1,"Since the children of Israel were unholy, and were transgressing His law and had broken His covenant, God was not going to leave His holy temple in their midst; instead He was going to remove it","BROKEN,CHILDREN,COVENANT,GOD,GOING,HE,HIS,HOLY,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LAW,LEAVE,MIDST,NOT,REMOVE,SINCE,TEMPLE,TRANSGRESSING,UNHOLY" Hosea,8,1,"The reason God was going to destroy the temple was because the people had transgressed His covenant","BECAUSE,COVENANT,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HIS,PEOPLE,REASON,TEMPLE" Hosea,8,1,"The reason God was going to destroy the temple was because the people had transgressed His law","BECAUSE,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HIS,LAW,PEOPLE,REASON,TEMPLE" Hosea,8,1,"We must not transgress the covenant of God","COVENANT,GOD,MUST,NOT,TRANSGRESS" Hosea,8,1,"We must not transgress the law of God","GOD,LAW,MUST,NOT,TRANSGRESS" Hosea,8,1,"When God said He was going to come against the house of the Lord, He compared Himself to an eagle; eagles attack suddenly and quickly","AGAINST,ATTACK,COME,COMPARED,EAGLE,EAGLES,GOD,GOING,HE,HIMSELF,HOUSE,LORD,QUICKLY,SAID,SUDDENLY,WHEN" Hosea,8,2,"Israel claimed to know God, but in reality they had broken His covenant","BROKEN,CLAIMED,COVENANT,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,KNOW,REALITY" Hosea,8,2,"Israel claimed to know God, but in reality they had broken His law","BROKEN,CLAIMED,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,KNOW,LAW,REALITY" Hosea,8,3,"God is good","GOD,GOOD" Hosea,8,3,"God was going to punish the children of Israel for their rebellion by handing them over to their enemies","CHILDREN,ENEMIES,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,REBELLION" Hosea,8,3,"Israel had cast off that which was good; they had cast off the covenant of God and the law of God, and in doing so had rejected God and rebelled against Him","AGAINST,CAST,COVENANT,DOING,GOD,GOOD,HIM,ISRAEL,LAW,OFF,REBELLED,REJECTED,WHICH" Hosea,8,3,"Since the children of Israel rebelled against God and cast off His law, they would be pursued by their enemies","AGAINST,CAST,CHILDREN,ENEMIES,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,LAW,OFF,PURSUED,REBELLED,SINCE" Hosea,8,3,"The covenant of God is good","COVENANT,GOD,GOOD" Hosea,8,3,"The law of God is good","GOD,GOOD,LAW" Hosea,8,3,"We must not cast off God","CAST,GOD,MUST,NOT,OFF" Hosea,8,3,"We must not cast off our covenant with God","CAST,COVENANT,GOD,MUST,NOT,OFF,OUR" Hosea,8,3,"We must not cast off the law of God","CAST,GOD,LAW,MUST,NOT,OFF" Hosea,8,4,"God did not approve of the kings of Israel; they were not of Him","APPROVE,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,KINGS,NOT" Hosea,8,4,"God did not approve of the princes of Israel; they were not of Him","APPROVE,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,NOT,PRINCES" Hosea,8,4,"God had nothing to do with the kings that Israel had appointed; the kings did not come from God and were not approved by God","APPOINTED,APPROVED,COME,DO,GOD,ISRAEL,KINGS,NOT,NOTHING" Hosea,8,4,"God had nothing to do with the princes that Israel had appointed; the princes did not come from God and were not approved by God","APPOINTED,APPROVED,COME,DO,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,NOTHING,PRINCES" Hosea,8,4,"God hates idolatry","GOD,HATES,IDOLATRY" Hosea,8,4,"God was going to cut off the children of Israel because they had made idols and were worshiping them","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,IDOLS,ISRAEL,MADE,OFF,WORSHIPING" Hosea,8,4,"The children of Israel did not look to God when selecting their leaders; instead they did whatever they wanted, so God was going to destroy them","CHILDREN,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LEADERS,LOOK,NOT,WANTED,WHEN" Hosea,8,4,"The children of Israel had taken their gold and turned it into idols","CHILDREN,GOLD,IDOLS,ISRAEL,TAKEN,TURNED" Hosea,8,4,"The children of Israel had taken their silver and turned it into idols","CHILDREN,IDOLS,ISRAEL,SILVER,TAKEN,TURNED" Hosea,8,4,"The Israelites had appointed kings for themselves","APPOINTED,ISRAELITES,KINGS" Hosea,8,4,"The Israelites had appointed princes for themselves","APPOINTED,ISRAELITES,PRINCES" Hosea,8,4,"The nation of Israel had been ruled over by kings","ISRAEL,KINGS,NATION,RULED" Hosea,8,4,"There are times when God destroys nations for idolatry","DESTROYS,GOD,IDOLATRY,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,8,4,"There are times when God punishes nations for idolatry","GOD,IDOLATRY,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,8,5,"Because of the golden calf, God was going to cut off the children of Israel; He was going to send judgment upon them","BECAUSE,CALF,CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,GOLDEN,HE,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,OFF,SEND" Hosea,8,5,"God does not approve of idolatry","APPROVE,GOD,IDOLATRY,NOT" Hosea,8,5,"God is angry at idolatry","ANGRY,GOD,IDOLATRY" Hosea,8,5,"God wanted the children of Israel to repent and do what was right, and be innocent in His sight; however, that day was a long way off","CHILDREN,DAY,DO,GOD,HIS,INNOCENT,ISRAEL,LONG,OFF,REPENT,RIGHT,SIGHT,WANTED,WHAT" Hosea,8,5,"God warned the children of Israel that national destruction was coming because of their worship of the golden calf; however, the people did not repent","BECAUSE,CALF,CHILDREN,COMING,DESTRUCTION,GOD,GOLDEN,ISRAEL,NATIONAL,NOT,PEOPLE,REPENT,WARNED,WORSHIP" Hosea,8,5,"God was angry with the children of Israel because they worshiped the golden calf","ANGRY,BECAUSE,CALF,CHILDREN,GOD,GOLDEN,ISRAEL,WORSHIPED" Hosea,8,5,"The children of Israel worshiped a golden calf","CALF,CHILDREN,GOLDEN,ISRAEL,WORSHIPED" Hosea,8,5,"There was a golden calf in Samaria (an idol) which the people worshiped","CALF,GOLDEN,IDOL,PEOPLE,SAMARIA,THERE,WHICH,WORSHIPED" Hosea,8,5,"Those who worship idols are not innocent in the sight of God","GOD,IDOLS,INNOCENT,NOT,SIGHT,WHO,WORSHIP" Hosea,8,6,"God did not make the golden calf; God had nothing to do with it","CALF,DO,GOD,GOLDEN,MAKE,NOT,NOTHING" Hosea,8,6,"God hates idols","GOD,HATES,IDOLS" Hosea,8,6,"God wants idols to be destroyed","DESTROYED,GOD,IDOLS,WANTS" Hosea,8,6,"Idols are not of God and do not come from God","COME,DO,GOD,IDOLS,NOT" Hosea,8,6,"Israel made the golden calf","CALF,GOLDEN,ISRAEL,MADE" Hosea,8,6,"The day was coming when God would destroy the golden calf and break it into pieces","BREAK,CALF,COMING,DAY,DESTROY,GOD,GOLDEN,PIECES,WHEN" Hosea,8,6,"The golden calf was made by workman; it was the work of the hands of men","CALF,GOLDEN,HANDS,MADE,MEN,WORK,WORKMAN" Hosea,8,6,"There are times when God destroys idols","DESTROYS,GOD,IDOLS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,8,7,"God said that He was against their crops; in the future the seeds they planted would not yield any food","AGAINST,ANY,CROPS,FOOD,FUTURE,GOD,HE,NOT,PLANTED,SAID,SEEDS,YIELD" Hosea,8,7,"God told the Israelites that if they did prosper in any way and did manage to grow food, strangers would come and take it from them; the hand of God was against them and He would not allow them to be blessed","AGAINST,ALLOW,ANY,BLESSED,COME,FOOD,GOD,GROW,HAND,HE,IF,ISRAELITES,NOT,PROSPER,STRANGERS,TAKE,TOLD" Hosea,8,7,"God was not going to bless their nation or their crops; the nation of Israel would not prosper","BLESS,CROPS,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NATION,NOT,PROSPER" Hosea,8,7,"The Israelites had sown to the wind; they had rebelled against God and worshiped vain idols (the works of men)","AGAINST,GOD,IDOLS,ISRAELITES,MEN,REBELLED,SOWN,VAIN,WIND,WORKS,WORSHIPED" Hosea,8,7,"The Israelites were going to reap the whirlwind; God was going to destroy the nation of Israel because of its idolatry","BECAUSE,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,NATION,REAP,WHIRLWIND" Hosea,8,7,"There are times when God punishes nations by destroying its crops","CROPS,DESTROYING,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,8,7,"There are times when God punishes nations by destroying its food supply","DESTROYING,FOOD,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SUPPLY,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,8,8,"God told the children of Israel in advance how He was going to judge them for their idolatry, but they still did not repent","ADVANCE,CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,HE,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,JUDGE,NOT,REPENT,TOLD" Hosea,8,8,"God was going to ensure that the Gentiles did not respect or like the children of Israel; the Gentiles would take no pleasure in the children of Israel, but instead their hand would be against them","AGAINST,CHILDREN,GENTILES,GOD,GOING,HAND,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LIKE,NO,NOT,PLEASURE,RESPECT,TAKE" Hosea,8,8,"God was going to punish Israel by destroying the nation","DESTROYING,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NATION,PUNISH" Hosea,8,8,"God was going to punish Israel by scattering them to nations that would not like them","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,LIKE,NATIONS,NOT,PUNISH,SCATTERING" Hosea,8,8,"God was going to scatter the children of Israel among the Gentiles","AMONG,CHILDREN,GENTILES,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,SCATTER" Hosea,8,8,"God was going to swallow up the nation of Israel; He was going to hand it over to their enemies, and give them victory over it","ENEMIES,GIVE,GOD,GOING,HAND,HE,ISRAEL,NATION,SWALLOW,UP,VICTORY" Hosea,8,9,"God compared Assyria to a wild donkey that was all alone; it was wild and unable to help them","ALL,ALONE,ASSYRIA,COMPARED,DONKEY,GOD,HELP,UNABLE,WILD" Hosea,8,9,"The children of Israel did not look to God; instead they looked to Assyria to save them","ASSYRIA,CHILDREN,GOD,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LOOK,LOOKED,NOT,SAVE" Hosea,8,9,"The tribe of Ephraim did not look to God; instead it hired other nations to save them","EPHRAIM,GOD,HIRED,INSTEAD,LOOK,NATIONS,NOT,SAVE,TRIBE" Hosea,8,10,"God can send sorrow upon a nation","CAN,GOD,NATION,SEND,SORROW" Hosea,8,10,"God was going to punish Israel by sending sorrow upon them","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,SENDING,SORROW" Hosea,8,10,"God was going to punish Israel for hiring other nations to save them, instead of repenting and looking to Him","GOD,GOING,HIM,HIRING,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LOOKING,NATIONS,PUNISH,REPENTING,SAVE" Hosea,8,10,"Since the king of Israel was not of God, the Lord was going to send sorrow upon them","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,KING,LORD,NOT,SEND,SINCE,SORROW" Hosea,8,10,"Since the princes of Israel were not of God, the Lord was going to send sorrow upon them","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,LORD,NOT,PRINCES,SEND,SINCE,SORROW" Hosea,8,10,"There are times when God punishes nations by sending sorrow upon them","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SENDING,SORROW,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,8,11,"Ephraim had made many pagan altars, which were used to worship false gods","ALTARS,EPHRAIM,FALSE,GODS,MADE,MANY,PAGAN,USED,WHICH,WORSHIP" Hosea,8,11,"Since Ephraim had made many pagan altars, altars were a sin to that tribe","ALTARS,EPHRAIM,MADE,MANY,PAGAN,SIN,SINCE,TRIBE" Hosea,8,11,"The tribe of Ephraim was idolatrous","EPHRAIM,IDOLATROUS,TRIBE" Hosea,8,12,"Ephraim refused to listen to God","EPHRAIM,GOD,LISTEN,REFUSED" Hosea,8,12,"God had given Ephraim His law","EPHRAIM,GIVEN,GOD,HIS,LAW" Hosea,8,12,"God had shared great things with Ephraim","EPHRAIM,GOD,GREAT,SHARED,THINGS" Hosea,8,12,"God had told Ephraim about the great things of His law","EPHRAIM,GOD,GREAT,HIS,LAW,THINGS,TOLD" Hosea,8,12,"God had written to the tribe of Ephraim","EPHRAIM,GOD,TRIBE,WRITTEN" Hosea,8,12,"The tribe of Ephraim had no excuse; God had given them His law","EPHRAIM,EXCUSE,GIVEN,GOD,HIS,LAW,NO,TRIBE" Hosea,8,12,"The tribe of Ephraim ignored the great things God had told them, and counted them as a strange thing; they had no interest in the great things of God, but instead rejected them","COUNTED,EPHRAIM,GOD,GREAT,IGNORED,INSTEAD,INTEREST,NO,REJECTED,STRANGE,THING,THINGS,TOLD,TRIBE" Hosea,8,12,"We should pay attention the great things that God has told us in His Word; He wants us to value those things and pay attention to them, instead of rejecting or ignoring them","ATTENTION,GOD,GREAT,HE,HIS,IGNORING,INSTEAD,PAY,REJECTING,SHOULD,THINGS,TOLD,VALUE,WANTS,WORD" Hosea,8,13,"God rejects those who worship Him alongside their idols; He must be worshiped alone","ALONE,ALONGSIDE,GOD,HE,HIM,IDOLS,MUST,REJECTS,WHO,WORSHIP,WORSHIPED" Hosea,8,13,"God was going to punish the children of Israel for their idolatry by sending them back to Egypt","BACK,CHILDREN,EGYPT,GOD,GOING,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,PUNISH,SENDING" Hosea,8,13,"God was going to remember the sin of the children of Israel, and punish them for it","CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,REMEMBER,SIN" Hosea,8,13,"The children of Israel partook of their sacrifices, but God did not accept what they were doing","ACCEPT,CHILDREN,DOING,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,SACRIFICES,WHAT" Hosea,8,13,"The children of Israel sacrificed to God, but God did not accept their offerings","ACCEPT,CHILDREN,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,OFFERINGS,SACRIFICED" Hosea,8,13,"The children of Israel worshiped God alongside their idols, but God did not accept it","ACCEPT,ALONGSIDE,CHILDREN,GOD,IDOLS,ISRAEL,NOT,WORSHIPED" Hosea,8,14,"God is our Maker","GOD,MAKER,OUR" Hosea,8,14,"God is the Maker of Israel; He is the one who created them","CREATED,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,MAKER,ONE,WHO" Hosea,8,14,"God was going to set the cities of Judah on fire, and burn them down","BURN,CITIES,DOWN,FIRE,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,SET" Hosea,8,14,"God was going to set the palaces of Judah on fire, and burn them down","BURN,DOWN,FIRE,GOD,GOING,JUDAH,PALACES,SET" Hosea,8,14,"Nations must not forget God","FORGET,GOD,MUST,NATIONS,NOT" Hosea,8,14,"The children of Israel had built many pagan temples","BUILT,CHILDREN,ISRAEL,MANY,PAGAN,TEMPLES" Hosea,8,14,"The children of Israel had forgotten God","CHILDREN,FORGOTTEN,GOD,ISRAEL" Hosea,8,14,"The children of Judah had built many fenced cities","BUILT,CHILDREN,CITIES,FENCED,JUDAH,MANY" Hosea,8,14,"The strong defenses of a nation cannot protect the nation from the wrath of God","CANNOT,DEFENSES,GOD,NATION,PROTECT,STRONG,WRATH" Hosea,8,14,"There are times when God destroys nations that have forgotten Him","DESTROYS,FORGOTTEN,GOD,HIM,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,9,1,"God commanded Israel not to rejoice","COMMANDED,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,REJOICE" Hosea,9,1,"Israel was idolatrous; they were not faithful to God","FAITHFUL,GOD,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,NOT" Hosea,9,1,"It is possible for the wicked to be happy","HAPPY,POSSIBLE,WICKED" Hosea,9,1,"It is possible for wicked nations to be happy","HAPPY,NATIONS,POSSIBLE,WICKED" Hosea,9,1,"Nations must not be idolatrous; they must worship God alone","ALONE,GOD,IDOLATROUS,MUST,NATIONS,NOT,WORSHIP" Hosea,9,1,"The children of Israel loved idols; they loved idolatry","CHILDREN,IDOLATRY,IDOLS,ISRAEL,LOVED" Hosea,9,1,"The reason God commanded Israel not to rejoice is because the nation was guilty of idolatry; they had rebelled against Him and worshiped false gods","AGAINST,BECAUSE,COMMANDED,FALSE,GOD,GODS,GUILTY,HIM,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,NATION,NOT,REASON,REBELLED,REJOICE,WORSHIPED" Hosea,9,1,"The wicked nation of Israel was rejoicing; even though they were very wicked, they were very happy","HAPPY,ISRAEL,NATION,REJOICING,WICKED" Hosea,9,1,"Those who are idolatrous should not rejoice, for they are doing something evil in the sight of God","DOING,EVIL,GOD,IDOLATROUS,NOT,REJOICE,SHOULD,SIGHT,SOMETHING,WHO" Hosea,9,2,"Corn is a blessing","BLESSING,CORN" Hosea,9,2,"God has the power to take away a nation's food supply","AWAY,FOOD,GOD,NATION,POWER,SUPPLY,TAKE" Hosea,9,2,"God was going to punish Israel by withholding corn","CORN,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,WITHHOLDING" Hosea,9,2,"God was going to punish Israel by withholding wine","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,WINE,WITHHOLDING" Hosea,9,2,"It is a bad thing when a nation loses its supply of corn","BAD,CORN,NATION,SUPPLY,THING,WHEN" Hosea,9,2,"It is a bad thing when a nation loses its supply of wine","BAD,NATION,SUPPLY,THING,WHEN,WINE" Hosea,9,2,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away their food","AWAY,FOOD,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,9,2,"Wine is a blessing","BLESSING,WINE" Hosea,9,3,"God was going to exile Ephraim from the promised land","EPHRAIM,EXILE,GOD,GOING,LAND,PROMISED" Hosea,9,3,"God was going to punish Israel by exiling them from the promised land","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,LAND,PROMISED,PUNISH" Hosea,9,3,"God was going to send the tribe of Ephraim back to Egypt","BACK,EGYPT,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,SEND,TRIBE" Hosea,9,3,"God was going to send the tribe of Ephraim to Assyria","ASSYRIA,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,SEND,TRIBE" Hosea,9,3,"In Assyria the tribe of Ephraim was going to eat unclean things","ASSYRIA,EAT,EPHRAIM,GOING,THINGS,TRIBE,UNCLEAN" Hosea,9,3,"The promised land belongs to the Lord; it is His land","BELONGS,HIS,LAND,LORD,PROMISED" Hosea,9,4,"Before we can give God offerings we must repent and be saved, and worship Him alone; we cannot offer Him gifts while living a wicked life, for He will not accept them","ACCEPT,ALONE,BEFORE,CAN,CANNOT,GIFTS,GIVE,GOD,HE,HIM,LIFE,LIVING,MUST,NOT,OFFER,OFFERINGS,REPENT,SAVED,WHILE,WICKED,WORSHIP" Hosea,9,4,"God did not want the drink offerings of Ephraim, because they were idolatrous","BECAUSE,DRINK,EPHRAIM,GOD,IDOLATROUS,NOT,OFFERINGS,WANT" Hosea,9,4,"God did not want the sacrifices of the wicked in His holy house","GOD,HIS,HOLY,HOUSE,NOT,SACRIFICES,WANT,WICKED" Hosea,9,4,"God did not want the wicked entering His holy house","ENTERING,GOD,HIS,HOLY,HOUSE,NOT,WANT,WICKED" Hosea,9,4,"God does not accept sacrifices from people who are idolatrous","ACCEPT,GOD,IDOLATROUS,NOT,PEOPLE,SACRIFICES,WHO" Hosea,9,4,"God does not desire sacrifices from people who are idolatrous","DESIRE,GOD,IDOLATROUS,NOT,PEOPLE,SACRIFICES,WHO" Hosea,9,4,"God was going to prevent the wicked, and their offerings, from entering His holy house","ENTERING,GOD,GOING,HIS,HOLY,HOUSE,OFFERINGS,PREVENT,WICKED" Hosea,9,4,"God was going to stop the idolatrous and wicked tribe of Ephraim from offering Him drink offerings","DRINK,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,HIM,IDOLATROUS,OFFERING,OFFERINGS,STOP,TRIBE,WICKED" Hosea,9,4,"God was going to turn the sacrifices of Ephraim into a source of mourning","EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,MOURNING,SACRIFICES,SOURCE,TURN" Hosea,9,4,"It is impossible for the wicked to purchase God's favor through gifts and offerings, because God does not like or accept offerings from the wicked","ACCEPT,BECAUSE,FAVOR,GIFTS,GOD,IMPOSSIBLE,LIKE,NOT,OFFERINGS,PURCHASE,WICKED" Hosea,9,4,"It is impossible for those who are unclean in the sight of God to give an offering that is clean in the sight of God; those who are unclean can only give God things that are unclean, and God does not accept unclean offerings","ACCEPT,CAN,CLEAN,GIVE,GOD,IMPOSSIBLE,NOT,OFFERING,OFFERINGS,ONLY,SIGHT,THINGS,UNCLEAN,WHO" Hosea,9,4,"Since Ephraim was offering sacrifices in wickedness, all those who partook of those sacrifices would become polluted; the offerings were unclean in the sight of God, and therefore those who partook of them also became unclean","ALL,BECAME,BECOME,EPHRAIM,GOD,OFFERING,OFFERINGS,POLLUTED,SACRIFICES,SIGHT,SINCE,THEREFORE,UNCLEAN,WHO,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,9,4,"Since Ephraim was offering sacrifices in wickedness, God was going to curse their offerings and punish the tribe of Ephraim","CURSE,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,OFFERING,OFFERINGS,PUNISH,SACRIFICES,SINCE,TRIBE,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,9,4,"The gifts that we give to God must be clean (not polluted)","CLEAN,GIFTS,GIVE,GOD,MUST,NOT,POLLUTED" Hosea,9,4,"The offerings and gifts of the wicked do not please God","DO,GIFTS,GOD,NOT,OFFERINGS,PLEASE,WICKED" Hosea,9,4,"We must be clean in God's sight when we offer God gifts","CLEAN,GIFTS,GOD,MUST,OFFER,SIGHT,WHEN" Hosea,9,4,"We must worship God alone; we cannot worship God and idols","ALONE,CANNOT,GOD,IDOLS,MUST,WORSHIP" Hosea,9,5,"In ancient Israel, the nation celebrated the feasts of the Lord","ANCIENT,CELEBRATED,FEASTS,ISRAEL,LORD,NATION" Hosea,9,5,"The feasts of the Lord were solemn feasts","FEASTS,LORD,SOLEMN" Hosea,9,5,"The wicked nation of Israel could not celebrate the solemn feast of the Lord, because they were unclean and their offerings were polluted","BECAUSE,CELEBRATE,FEAST,ISRAEL,LORD,NATION,NOT,OFFERINGS,POLLUTED,SOLEMN,UNCLEAN,WICKED" Hosea,9,6,"God was going to destroy the nation of Israel","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NATION" Hosea,9,6,"God was going to destroy the pleasant places of Israel, and turn those places over to thorns","DESTROY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PLACES,PLEASANT,THORNS,TURN" Hosea,9,6,"God was going to exile the children of Israel to Egypt","CHILDREN,EGYPT,EXILE,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL" Hosea,9,6,"God was going to fill Israel's pagan temples with thorns","FILL,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PAGAN,TEMPLES,THORNS" Hosea,9,6,"God was going to remove the children of Israel from the promised land","CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,LAND,PROMISED,REMOVE" Hosea,9,6,"The people of Memphis (the Egyptians) would bury the dead bodies of the Israelites","BODIES,BURY,DEAD,EGYPTIANS,ISRAELITES,MEMPHIS,PEOPLE" Hosea,9,7,"Because Israel was full of hatred, their prophets were fools","BECAUSE,FOOLS,FULL,HATRED,ISRAEL,PROPHETS" Hosea,9,7,"Because Israel was full of hatred, their spiritual men were insane","BECAUSE,FULL,HATRED,INSANE,ISRAEL,MEN,SPIRITUAL" Hosea,9,7,"Because Israel was very wicked and full of sin, their prophets were fools","BECAUSE,FOOLS,FULL,ISRAEL,PROPHETS,SIN,WICKED" Hosea,9,7,"Because Israel was very wicked and full of sin, their spiritual men were insane","BECAUSE,FULL,INSANE,ISRAEL,MEN,SIN,SPIRITUAL,WICKED" Hosea,9,7,"It is very bad for a nation to be full of hatred","BAD,FULL,HATRED,NATION" Hosea,9,7,"It is very bad for a nation to be full of iniquity","BAD,FULL,INIQUITY,NATION" Hosea,9,7,"The character of a nation impacts the quality of their spiritual leaders; sinful nations will produce sinful leaders","CHARACTER,IMPACTS,LEADERS,NATION,NATIONS,PRODUCE,QUALITY,SINFUL,SPIRITUAL" Hosea,9,7,"The day was coming when God would judge the children of Israel for their wickedness, and punish them for their idolatry","CHILDREN,COMING,DAY,GOD,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,JUDGE,PUNISH,WHEN,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,9,7,"The day was coming when God would visit the children of Israel (for the purposes of judgment)","CHILDREN,COMING,DAY,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,PURPOSES,VISIT,WHEN" Hosea,9,7,"The prophets of Israel were fools (false prophets)","FALSE,FOOLS,ISRAEL,PROPHETS" Hosea,9,7,"The spiritual men of Israel were insane (idolatrous)","IDOLATROUS,INSANE,ISRAEL,MEN,SPIRITUAL" Hosea,9,7,"We must not be full of hatred","FULL,HATRED,MUST,NOT" Hosea,9,7,"We must not be full of iniquity","FULL,INIQUITY,MUST,NOT" Hosea,9,7,"When the day of God's visitation came, Israel would know it; they would recognize that day what was going on","DAY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,KNOW,RECOGNIZE,VISITATION,WHAT,WHEN" Hosea,9,8,"Not all prophets are good; there are evil prophets as well","ALL,EVIL,GOOD,NOT,PROPHETS,THERE" Hosea,9,8,"The prophet of Ephraim was a source of hatred","EPHRAIM,HATRED,PROPHET,SOURCE" Hosea,9,8,"The prophet of Ephraim was wicked; he was a snare; everything that he did was dangerous to others","DANGEROUS,EPHRAIM,EVERYTHING,HE,PROPHET,SNARE,WICKED" Hosea,9,8,"The watchman of Ephraim was a godly man; he was with God","EPHRAIM,GOD,GODLY,HE,MAN,WATCHMAN" Hosea,9,8,"There was a watchman who watched over Ephraim","EPHRAIM,THERE,WATCHED,WATCHMAN,WHO" Hosea,9,9,"God was going to visit Israel for the purpose of punishing the nation for their sin; it was going to be a visit of judgment","GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NATION,PUNISHING,PURPOSE,SIN,VISIT" Hosea,9,9,"Since the children of Israel corrupted themselves, God would punish them for their sins","CHILDREN,CORRUPTED,GOD,ISRAEL,PUNISH,SINCE,SINS" Hosea,9,9,"Since the children of Israel corrupted themselves, God would remember their sin","CHILDREN,CORRUPTED,GOD,ISRAEL,REMEMBER,SIN,SINCE" Hosea,9,9,"The children of Israel corrupted themselves in the days of Gibeah; (that is the city where a Levite's concubine was raped to death, and then the tribe of Benjamin went to war to defend their right to rape people to death)","BENJAMIN,CHILDREN,CITY,CONCUBINE,CORRUPTED,DAYS,DEATH,DEFEND,GIBEAH,ISRAEL,LEVITE,PEOPLE,RAPE,RAPED,RIGHT,TRIBE,WAR,WENT,WHERE" Hosea,9,9,"The children of Israel were deeply corrupt","CHILDREN,CORRUPT,DEEPLY,ISRAEL" Hosea,9,9,"The reason the children of Israel were corrupt is because they corrupted themselves; they were not corrupted by others","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,CORRUPT,CORRUPTED,ISRAEL,NOT,REASON" Hosea,9,10,"God compared Israel to the first ripe figs on a fig tree","COMPARED,FIG,FIGS,FIRST,GOD,ISRAEL,RIPE,TREE" Hosea,9,10,"God compared Israel to untended grapes that were found in the wilderness","COMPARED,FOUND,GOD,GRAPES,ISRAEL,WILDERNESS" Hosea,9,10,"God separated Israel for Himself, but the people left Him and separated themselves for idols","GOD,HIM,HIMSELF,IDOLS,ISRAEL,LEFT,PEOPLE,SEPARATED" Hosea,9,10,"Idolatry brings shame upon a nation","BRINGS,IDOLATRY,NATION,SHAME" Hosea,9,10,"Idolatry is a source of shame","IDOLATRY,SHAME,SOURCE" Hosea,9,10,"Israel loved abominations","ABOMINATIONS,ISRAEL,LOVED" Hosea,9,10,"Israel was not faithful to God; they rebelled against Him and went after Baal","AFTER,AGAINST,BAAL,FAITHFUL,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,NOT,REBELLED,WENT" Hosea,9,10,"There are times when nations love things that are abominations in the sight of God","ABOMINATIONS,GOD,LOVE,NATIONS,SIGHT,THERE,THINGS,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,9,11,"A person's life begins at conception; a person then grows in the womb and is born","BEGINS,BORN,CONCEPTION,GROWS,LIFE,PERSON,WOMB" Hosea,9,11,"God was going to punish Ephraim for its idolatry by taking away its glory","AWAY,EPHRAIM,GLORY,GOD,GOING,IDOLATRY,PUNISH,TAKING" Hosea,9,11,"God was going to take away the glory from Ephraim","AWAY,EPHRAIM,GLORY,GOD,GOING,TAKE" Hosea,9,11,"The glory of Ephraim would fly away, and would be gone","AWAY,EPHRAIM,FLY,GLORY,GONE" Hosea,9,11,"The tribe of Ephraim had a measure of glory","EPHRAIM,GLORY,MEASURE,TRIBE" Hosea,9,11,"The tribe of Ephraim took glory in their children, but God was going to put an end to that","CHILDREN,END,EPHRAIM,GLORY,GOD,GOING,PUT,TOOK,TRIBE" Hosea,9,11,"There are times when God punishes nations for sins by taking away their glory","AWAY,GLORY,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SINS,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,9,12,"God was going to depart from the tribe of Ephraim","DEPART,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,TRIBE" Hosea,9,12,"God was going to greatly diminish the tribe of Ephraim because of their sins","BECAUSE,DIMINISH,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,GREATLY,SINS,TRIBE" Hosea,9,12,"God was going to punish Ephraim by taking away their children","AWAY,CHILDREN,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,PUNISH,TAKING" Hosea,9,12,"The tribe of Ephraim was going to continue to have children, but God was going to take their children away from them","AWAY,CHILDREN,CONTINUE,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,TAKE,TRIBE" Hosea,9,12,"There are times when God punishes nations by depopulating them","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,9,12,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away their children","AWAY,CHILDREN,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,9,12,"When God departed from Ephraim, there was going to be great woe; the tribe would be greatly bereaved","BEREAVED,DEPARTED,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,GREAT,GREATLY,THERE,TRIBE,WHEN,WOE" Hosea,9,13,"Because Ephraim rejected God, God was no longer going to protect their children; instead He was going to depart from them","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,DEPART,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,HE,INSTEAD,LONGER,NO,PROTECT,REJECTED" Hosea,9,13,"Ephraim was going to have children, but they would be murdered","CHILDREN,EPHRAIM,GOING,MURDERED" Hosea,9,13,"Ephraim was planted in a pleasant place","EPHRAIM,PLACE,PLANTED,PLEASANT" Hosea,9,13,"There are times when God punishes wicked nations and wicked people by departing from them and not protecting their children","CHILDREN,DEPARTING,GOD,NATIONS,NOT,PEOPLE,PROTECTING,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Hosea,9,13,"Tyrus was planted in a pleasant place","PLACE,PLANTED,PLEASANT,TYRUS" Hosea,9,14,"Hosea prayed that God would prevent Ephraim from having children, and would take away whatever children they did have; this is because the tribe of Ephraim was deeply corrupt, wicked, and idolatrous; Ephraim loved their corruption and rejoiced in abominations, so Hosea prayed that God would punish them by taking away their children","ABOMINATIONS,AWAY,BECAUSE,CHILDREN,CORRUPT,CORRUPTION,DEEPLY,EPHRAIM,GOD,HOSEA,IDOLATROUS,LOVED,PRAYED,PREVENT,PUNISH,REJOICED,TAKE,TAKING,TRIBE,WICKED" Hosea,9,15,"Because the tribe of Ephraim was wicked, God was going to drive them out of His house","BECAUSE,DRIVE,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,HIS,HOUSE,TRIBE,WICKED" Hosea,9,15,"God does not permit wickedness in His house","GOD,HIS,HOUSE,NOT,PERMIT,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,9,15,"God hated the tribe of Ephraim at Gilgal; (that was the place where Israel made peace with the Gibeonites)","EPHRAIM,GIBEONITES,GILGAL,GOD,HATED,ISRAEL,MADE,PEACE,PLACE,TRIBE,WHERE" Hosea,9,15,"God said that He was not going to love Ephraim any more","ANY,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,HE,LOVE,NOT,SAID" Hosea,9,15,"It is very bad for a nation to be wicked in the sight of God","BAD,GOD,NATION,SIGHT,WICKED" Hosea,9,15,"It is very bad for the leaders of a nation to be wicked in the sight of God","BAD,GOD,LEADERS,NATION,SIGHT,WICKED" Hosea,9,15,"The princes of Ephraim were wicked; they rebelled against God","AGAINST,EPHRAIM,GOD,PRINCES,REBELLED,WICKED" Hosea,9,15,"The tribe of Ephraim was wicked","EPHRAIM,TRIBE,WICKED" Hosea,9,16,"Children were considered fruit (a blessing); they were seen as a good thing","BLESSING,CHILDREN,CONSIDERED,FRUIT,GOOD,SEEN,THING" Hosea,9,16,"God was going to dry up the tribe of Ephraim from their roots","DRY,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,ROOTS,TRIBE,UP" Hosea,9,16,"God was going to punish the tribe of Ephraim, and they would no longer bear fruit","BEAR,EPHRAIM,FRUIT,GOD,GOING,LONGER,NO,PUNISH,TRIBE" Hosea,9,16,"God was going to smite the tribe of Ephraim","EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,SMITE,TRIBE" Hosea,9,16,"If Ephraim did have children, God would kill them; God would not allow their children to live because He hated Ephraim","ALLOW,BECAUSE,CHILDREN,EPHRAIM,GOD,HATED,HE,IF,KILL,LIVE,NOT" Hosea,9,17,"God was going to cast the tribe of Ephraim away","AWAY,CAST,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,TRIBE" Hosea,9,17,"God was going to remove the tribe of Ephraim from the promised land","EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,LAND,PROMISED,REMOVE,TRIBE" Hosea,9,17,"God was the one who scattered the children of Israel among the nations; He did that to punish them for their idolatry and their iniquity","AMONG,CHILDREN,GOD,HE,IDOLATRY,INIQUITY,ISRAEL,NATIONS,ONE,PUNISH,SCATTERED,WHO" Hosea,9,17,"The reason God was going to cast the tribe of Ephraim away was because they did not listen to Him","AWAY,BECAUSE,CAST,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,HIM,LISTEN,NOT,REASON,TRIBE" Hosea,9,17,"The tribe of Ephraim would not be wholly destroyed; however, the members of that tribe would be scattered among the nations, and they would become wanderers there","AMONG,BECOME,DESTROYED,EPHRAIM,MEMBERS,NATIONS,NOT,SCATTERED,THERE,TRIBE,WANDERERS,WHOLLY" Hosea,10,1,"God becomes angry when nations use the blessings He gave them to create and worship idols","ANGRY,BECOMES,BLESSINGS,CREATE,GAVE,GOD,HE,IDOLS,NATIONS,USE,WHEN,WORSHIP" Hosea,10,1,"God cares about the character of nations","CARES,CHARACTER,GOD,NATIONS" Hosea,10,1,"God compared Israel to an empty vine; the nation of Israel was not bring forth the fruit that God desired (the fruits of the Spirit)","BRING,COMPARED,DESIRED,EMPTY,FRUIT,FRUITS,GOD,ISRAEL,NATION,NOT,SPIRIT,VINE" Hosea,10,1,"God expects nations to bring forth fruit to Him","BRING,EXPECTS,FRUIT,GOD,HIM,NATIONS" Hosea,10,1,"God requires nations to serve Him and work for Him","GOD,HIM,NATIONS,REQUIRES,SERVE,WORK" Hosea,10,1,"Israel had created many pagan idols","CREATED,IDOLS,ISRAEL,MANY,PAGAN" Hosea,10,1,"Israel used the riches of their land to create idols","CREATE,IDOLS,ISRAEL,LAND,RICHES,USED" Hosea,10,1,"Israel used the riches of their land to create pagan altars","ALTARS,CREATE,ISRAEL,LAND,PAGAN,RICHES,USED" Hosea,10,1,"Israel was an idolatrous nation","IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,NATION" Hosea,10,1,"Israel was bringing forth fruit unto itself; it was serving itself instead of God, and that angered God","ANGERED,BRINGING,FRUIT,GOD,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,SERVING" Hosea,10,1,"Nations must not be idolatrous","IDOLATROUS,MUST,NATIONS,NOT" Hosea,10,1,"Nations must not create idols","CREATE,IDOLS,MUST,NATIONS,NOT" Hosea,10,1,"Nations must not create pagan altars","ALTARS,CREATE,MUST,NATIONS,NOT,PAGAN" Hosea,10,1,"Nations should be centered on God, not on themselves","GOD,NATIONS,NOT,SHOULD" Hosea,10,1,"The fruit of Israel was idolatry","FRUIT,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL" Hosea,10,1,"We must bring forth fruit to God, not to ourselves","BRING,FRUIT,GOD,MUST,NOT,OURSELVES" Hosea,10,1,"We must not use the blessings that God has given us to sin","BLESSINGS,GIVEN,GOD,MUST,NOT,SIN,USE" Hosea,10,1,"We must work for God, not for ourselves","GOD,MUST,NOT,OURSELVES,WORK" Hosea,10,2,"Because Israel's heart was divided, God was going to find them guilty","BECAUSE,DIVIDED,FIND,GOD,GOING,GUILTY,HEART,ISRAEL" Hosea,10,2,"God does not want our heart to be divided; we must serve Him alone, and not anyone or anything else","ALONE,ANYONE,ANYTHING,DIVIDED,GOD,HEART,HIM,MUST,NOT,OUR,SERVE,WANT" Hosea,10,2,"God hates idols","GOD,HATES,IDOLS" Hosea,10,2,"God hates pagan altars","ALTARS,GOD,HATES,PAGAN" Hosea,10,2,"God is stronger than idols","GOD,IDOLS,STRONGER" Hosea,10,2,"God requires us to be wholly devoted to Him and Him alone","ALONE,DEVOTED,GOD,HIM,REQUIRES,WHOLLY" Hosea,10,2,"God was going to destroy the idols that Israel had created","CREATED,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,IDOLS,ISRAEL" Hosea,10,2,"God was going to destroy the pagan altars that Israel had created","ALTARS,CREATED,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PAGAN" Hosea,10,2,"The heart of Israel was divided; they worshiped idols and they also sacrificed to the Lord","DIVIDED,HEART,IDOLS,ISRAEL,LORD,SACRIFICED,WORSHIPED" Hosea,10,3,"God punishes nations that do not fear Him","DO,FEAR,GOD,HIM,NATIONS,NOT,PUNISHES" Hosea,10,3,"God requires nations to fear Him","FEAR,GOD,HIM,NATIONS,REQUIRES" Hosea,10,3,"God was going to take away the king of Israel","AWAY,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,KING,TAKE" Hosea,10,3,"In the future, the nation of Israel would not have a king","FUTURE,ISRAEL,KING,NATION,NOT" Hosea,10,3,"The reason God was going to take away the king of Israel was because they did not fear the Lord","AWAY,BECAUSE,FEAR,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,KING,LORD,NOT,REASON,TAKE" Hosea,10,3,"There are times when God punishes nations by destroying their government","DESTROYING,GOD,GOVERNMENT,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,10,4,"Because the children of Israel broke their covenant, God was going to judge them","BECAUSE,BROKE,CHILDREN,COVENANT,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,JUDGE" Hosea,10,4,"God compared Israel's coming judgment to hemlock (weeds) that spring up in a field","COMING,COMPARED,FIELD,GOD,HEMLOCK,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,SPRING,UP,WEEDS" Hosea,10,4,"God gave Israel advance notice that judgment was coming; the judgment should not have taken them by surprise","ADVANCE,COMING,GAVE,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NOT,NOTICE,SHOULD,SURPRISE,TAKEN" Hosea,10,4,"God warned Israel that judgment was coming upon them for their sins; yet they did not repent","COMING,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NOT,REPENT,SINS,WARNED" Hosea,10,4,"The children of Israel made a covenant with God and then broke it; their oath to keep the covenant was a lie","BROKE,CHILDREN,COVENANT,GOD,ISRAEL,KEEP,LIE,MADE,OATH" Hosea,10,4,"There are times when God punishes those that break the covenants they made with Him","BREAK,COVENANTS,GOD,HIM,MADE,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,10,4,"We must not break our covenant with God; we must do what we promised God we would do","BREAK,COVENANT,DO,GOD,MUST,NOT,OUR,PROMISED,WHAT" Hosea,10,5,"God hated Samaria's golden calves; He hated their idols","CALVES,GOD,GOLDEN,HATED,HE,IDOLS,SAMARIA" Hosea,10,5,"In those days there were pagan priests who led people to worship the golden calves","CALVES,DAYS,GOLDEN,LED,PAGAN,PEOPLE,PRIESTS,THERE,WHO,WORSHIP" Hosea,10,5,"The people of Samaria did not want their idols to depart; they loved them","DEPART,IDOLS,LOVED,NOT,PEOPLE,SAMARIA,WANT" Hosea,10,5,"The people of Samaria loved their sin","LOVED,PEOPLE,SAMARIA,SIN" Hosea,10,5,"The people of Samaria thought their idolatry was glorious","GLORIOUS,IDOLATRY,PEOPLE,SAMARIA,THOUGHT" Hosea,10,5,"The people of Samaria would be afraid because of what God would do to the golden calves (idols) of Bethaven","AFRAID,BECAUSE,BETHAVEN,CALVES,DO,GOD,GOLDEN,IDOLS,PEOPLE,SAMARIA,WHAT" Hosea,10,5,"When God removed Samaria's golden calves, the pagan priests would mourn; they loved their sin and idolatry and they did not want to lose it; instead of fearing God or repenting of their sin they would mourn over the loss of their sin","CALVES,FEARING,GOD,GOLDEN,IDOLATRY,INSTEAD,LOSE,LOSS,LOVED,MOURN,NOT,PAGAN,PRIESTS,REMOVED,REPENTING,SAMARIA,SIN,WANT,WHEN" Hosea,10,5,"When God removed Samaria's golden calves, the people would mourn; they loved their sin and idolatry and they did not want to lose it; instead of fearing God or repenting of their sin they would mourn over the loss of their sin","CALVES,FEARING,GOD,GOLDEN,IDOLATRY,INSTEAD,LOSE,LOSS,LOVED,MOURN,NOT,PEOPLE,REMOVED,REPENTING,SAMARIA,SIN,WANT,WHEN" Hosea,10,6,"God was going to remove the golden calf from Samaria","CALF,GOD,GOING,GOLDEN,REMOVE,SAMARIA" Hosea,10,6,"In the day when God removed the golden calf from Samaria, shame would come upon Ephraim","CALF,COME,DAY,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOLDEN,REMOVED,SAMARIA,SHAME,WHEN" Hosea,10,6,"In the day when God removed the golden calf from Samaria, the children of Israel would be ashamed of their counsel","ASHAMED,CALF,CHILDREN,COUNSEL,DAY,GOD,GOLDEN,ISRAEL,REMOVED,SAMARIA,WHEN" Hosea,10,6,"Jareb was the king of Assyria","ASSYRIA,JAREB,KING" Hosea,10,6,"The golden calf of Samaria was going to be carried to Assyria and be given to king Jareb as a present","ASSYRIA,CALF,CARRIED,GIVEN,GOING,GOLDEN,JAREB,KING,PRESENT,SAMARIA" Hosea,10,6,"The golden calf of Samaria was powerless; it was unable to save itself from being carried off and given to someone else as a present","BEING,CALF,CARRIED,GIVEN,GOLDEN,OFF,POWERLESS,PRESENT,SAMARIA,SAVE,SOMEONE,UNABLE" Hosea,10,6,"There are times when God punishes nations by sending shame upon them","GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SENDING,SHAME,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,10,7,"God compared the coming judgment upon the king of Syria to foam that was upon the water, and which quickly disappears","COMING,COMPARED,DISAPPEARS,FOAM,GOD,JUDGMENT,KING,QUICKLY,SYRIA,WATER,WHICH" Hosea,10,7,"God was going to cut off the king of Samaria","GOD,GOING,KING,OFF,SAMARIA" Hosea,10,7,"In those days Samaria had a king","DAYS,KING,SAMARIA" Hosea,10,7,"There are times when God punishes nations by taking away their king","AWAY,GOD,KING,NATIONS,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,10,8,"God said the pagan altars would call out to the mountains and hills and ask them to cover them","ALTARS,ASK,CALL,COVER,GOD,HILLS,MOUNTAINS,PAGAN,SAID" Hosea,10,8,"God was going to cover the pagan altars of Israel with thorns and thistles","ALTARS,COVER,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PAGAN,THISTLES,THORNS" Hosea,10,8,"God was going to destroy the high places of Aven","AVEN,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HIGH,PLACES" Hosea,10,8,"The children of Israel had created pagan high places in Aven","AVEN,CHILDREN,CREATED,HIGH,ISRAEL,PAGAN,PLACES" Hosea,10,8,"The pagan high places of Aven were a source of sin for Israel","AVEN,HIGH,ISRAEL,PAGAN,PLACES,SIN,SOURCE" Hosea,10,8,"There are times when God judges idolatry by causing the altars to become abandoned and destroyed by nature","ABANDONED,ALTARS,BECOME,CAUSING,DESTROYED,GOD,IDOLATRY,JUDGES,NATURE,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,10,9,"The children of Israel did not overcome sin in Gibeah; they were not victorious over evil","CHILDREN,EVIL,GIBEAH,ISRAEL,NOT,OVERCOME,SIN,VICTORIOUS" Hosea,10,9,"The sin of the children of Israel began in Gibeah; (that is where the Israelites signed the treaty with the Gibeonites)","BEGAN,CHILDREN,GIBEAH,GIBEONITES,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,SIGNED,SIN,TREATY,WHERE" Hosea,10,10,"God desired to chastise the children of Israel for their sin and their idolatry; they had been sinning for a long, long time","CHASTISE,CHILDREN,DESIRED,GOD,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,LONG,SIN,SINNING,TIME" Hosea,10,10,"God was going to gather enemies against the children of Israel; He was going to use other nations to chastise them","AGAINST,CHASTISE,CHILDREN,ENEMIES,GATHER,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,NATIONS,USE" Hosea,10,10,"The children of Israel had bound themselves to the two golden calves they had created, so God was going to punish them for it","BOUND,CALVES,CHILDREN,CREATED,GOD,GOING,GOLDEN,ISRAEL,PUNISH,TWO" Hosea,10,10,"There are times when God chastises nations","CHASTISES,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,10,11,"Being able to plow fields and raise crops is a blessing from God","ABLE,BEING,BLESSING,CROPS,FIELDS,GOD,PLOW,RAISE" Hosea,10,11,"God compared Ephraim to a heifer that loved to tread out the corn","COMPARED,CORN,EPHRAIM,GOD,HEIFER,LOVED,TREAD" Hosea,10,11,"God was no longer going to allow Ephraim to tread out the corn, because that tribe used its prosperity to create and worship idols","ALLOW,BECAUSE,CORN,CREATE,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,IDOLS,LONGER,NO,PROSPERITY,TREAD,TRIBE,USED,WORSHIP" Hosea,10,11,"In the future Judah would be the one that plowed the field, not Ephraim","EPHRAIM,FIELD,FUTURE,JUDAH,NOT,ONE,PLOWED" Hosea,10,11,"Instead of allowing Ephraim to tread out the corn, God was going to make Ephraim ride; God was going to remove Israel from the land and scatter them among the nations","ALLOWING,AMONG,CORN,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LAND,MAKE,NATIONS,REMOVE,RIDE,SCATTER,TREAD" Hosea,10,12,"God commanded the children of Israel to break up their hardened hearts and seek after righteousness","AFTER,BREAK,CHILDREN,COMMANDED,GOD,HARDENED,HEARTS,ISRAEL,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SEEK,UP" Hosea,10,12,"God commanded the children of Israel to seek Him until He rained righteousness upon them","CHILDREN,COMMANDED,GOD,HE,HIM,ISRAEL,RAINED,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SEEK,UNTIL" Hosea,10,12,"God commanded the children of Israel to sow righteousness","CHILDREN,COMMANDED,GOD,ISRAEL,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SOW" Hosea,10,12,"God has the power to rain righteousness upon nations","GOD,NATIONS,POWER,RAIN,RIGHTEOUSNESS" Hosea,10,12,"It was time for the children of Israel to seek the Lord; they had been idolatrous and wicked for a long time, and they needed to repent of their sins","CHILDREN,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,LONG,LORD,NEEDED,REPENT,SEEK,SINS,TIME,WICKED" Hosea,10,12,"Righteousness comes from God; it does not come from ourselves, but instead is something that God gives to us","COME,COMES,GIVES,GOD,INSTEAD,NOT,OURSELVES,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SOMETHING" Hosea,10,12,"Those who sow righteousness will receive mercy in return; if you seek mercy then sow righteousness","IF,MERCY,RECEIVE,RETURN,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SEEK,SOW,WHO,YOU" Hosea,10,13,"In those days Israel had mighty men","DAYS,ISRAEL,MEN,MIGHTY" Hosea,10,13,"Lies bear evil fruit","BEAR,EVIL,FRUIT,LIES" Hosea,10,13,"The children of Israel had been wicked for a long time","CHILDREN,ISRAEL,LONG,TIME,WICKED" Hosea,10,13,"The children of Israel had not been honest; God said they had been eating the fruit of lies","CHILDREN,EATING,FRUIT,GOD,HONEST,ISRAEL,LIES,NOT,SAID" Hosea,10,13,"The children of Israel had not been sowing righteousness; instead they had been sowing sin and reaping iniquity","CHILDREN,INIQUITY,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,NOT,REAPING,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN,SOWING" Hosea,10,13,"The children of Israel trusted in their own strength instead of the strength of God","CHILDREN,GOD,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,OWN,STRENGTH,TRUSTED" Hosea,10,13,"The children of Israel trusted in their own ways instead of the ways of God","CHILDREN,GOD,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,OWN,TRUSTED" Hosea,10,13,"The mighty men of a nation cannot save that nation from the judgment of God","CANNOT,GOD,JUDGMENT,MEN,MIGHTY,NATION,SAVE" Hosea,10,13,"We must put our trust in God, and not in ourselves","GOD,MUST,NOT,OUR,OURSELVES,PUT,TRUST" Hosea,10,13,"We must trust God's strength, not our own strength","GOD,MUST,NOT,OUR,OWN,STRENGTH,TRUST" Hosea,10,13,"We must trust in God for salvation, and not in ourselves","GOD,MUST,NOT,OURSELVES,SALVATION,TRUST" Hosea,10,14,"Because the children of Israel trusted in their own strength, God was going to destroy their strong fortresses","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,DESTROY,FORTRESSES,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,OWN,STRENGTH,STRONG,TRUSTED" Hosea,10,14,"Because the children of Israel trusted in their own strength, God was going to send an uproar among the people","AMONG,BECAUSE,CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,OWN,PEOPLE,SEND,STRENGTH,TRUSTED,UPROAR" Hosea,10,14,"God compared Israel's coming judgment to the way that Shalman spoiled Betharbel","BETHARBEL,COMING,COMPARED,GOD,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,SHALMAN,SPOILED" Hosea,10,14,"God has the power to take peace away from nations","AWAY,GOD,NATIONS,PEACE,POWER,TAKE" Hosea,10,14,"God warned Israel that the coming judgment was going to be very severe, but the people did not repent of their idolatry","COMING,GOD,GOING,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,NOT,PEOPLE,REPENT,SEVERE,WARNED" Hosea,10,14,"In the coming judgment, both mothers and children would be killed","CHILDREN,COMING,JUDGMENT,KILLED,MOTHERS" Hosea,10,14,"In the coming judgment, God was not going to spare mothers","COMING,GOD,GOING,JUDGMENT,MOTHERS,NOT,SPARE" Hosea,10,14,"In the coming judgment, God was not going to spare the children","CHILDREN,COMING,GOD,GOING,JUDGMENT,NOT,SPARE" Hosea,10,14,"In the coming judgment, mothers would be dashed into pieces upon the body of their own children","BODY,CHILDREN,COMING,DASHED,JUDGMENT,MOTHERS,OWN,PIECES" Hosea,10,14,"The sins of a nation can destroy the children of that nation","CAN,CHILDREN,DESTROY,NATION,SINS" Hosea,10,14,"The strong fortresses of Israel would not be able to save the nation in the day of God's wrath","ABLE,DAY,FORTRESSES,GOD,ISRAEL,NATION,NOT,SAVE,STRONG,WRATH" Hosea,10,14,"There are times when God punishes nations by creating an uproar in that nation and taking away its peace","AWAY,CREATING,GOD,NATION,NATIONS,PEACE,PUNISHES,TAKING,THERE,TIMES,UPROAR,WHEN" Hosea,10,14,"There was a time when Shalman spoiled Betharbel","BETHARBEL,SHALMAN,SPOILED,THERE,TIME,WHEN" Hosea,10,15,"Bethel would treat Israel the way that Shalman had treated Betharbel; their women and children would be brutally killed","BETHARBEL,BETHEL,CHILDREN,ISRAEL,KILLED,SHALMAN,TREAT,TREATED,WOMEN" Hosea,10,15,"In the coming judgment, the king of Israel would be cut off in a single morning","COMING,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,KING,MORNING,OFF,SINGLE" Hosea,10,15,"The coming judgment upon Israel was going to be very swift","COMING,GOING,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,SWIFT" Hosea,10,15,"The wickedness of Israel was great","GREAT,ISRAEL,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,11,1,"God called His Son out of Egypt; (the New Testament says that this was a Messianic prophecy)","CALLED,EGYPT,GOD,HIS,MESSIANIC,NEW,PROPHECY,SAYS,SON,TESTAMENT" Hosea,11,1,"God loved Israel from the very beginning","BEGINNING,GOD,ISRAEL,LOVED" Hosea,11,1,"When the nation of Israel was a child, God loved them","CHILD,GOD,ISRAEL,LOVED,NATION,WHEN" Hosea,11,2,"The children of Israel burned incense to grave images; they worshiped idols","BURNED,CHILDREN,GRAVE,IDOLS,IMAGES,INCENSE,ISRAEL,WORSHIPED" Hosea,11,2,"The children of Israel rebelled against the God who delivered them","AGAINST,CHILDREN,DELIVERED,GOD,ISRAEL,REBELLED,WHO" Hosea,11,2,"The children of Israel rebelled against the God who saved them from the Egyptians and delivered them from slavery","AGAINST,CHILDREN,DELIVERED,EGYPTIANS,GOD,ISRAEL,REBELLED,SAVED,SLAVERY,WHO" Hosea,11,2,"The children of Israel sacrificed to Baalim; they worshiped Baal instead of God","BAAL,BAALIM,CHILDREN,GOD,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,SACRIFICED,WORSHIPED" Hosea,11,2,"The children of Israel were idolatrous","CHILDREN,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL" Hosea,11,3,"God is the one who blesses us; our blessings come from God","BLESSES,BLESSINGS,COME,GOD,ONE,OUR,WHO" Hosea,11,3,"God is the one who heals us","GOD,HEALS,ONE,WHO" Hosea,11,3,"God is the one who raises us up","GOD,ONE,RAISES,UP,WHO" Hosea,11,3,"God was the one who raised up the tribe of Ephraim","EPHRAIM,GOD,ONE,RAISED,TRIBE,UP,WHO" Hosea,11,3,"God was the one who watched over the tribe of Ephraim and blessed them","BLESSED,EPHRAIM,GOD,ONE,TRIBE,WATCHED,WHO" Hosea,11,3,"It is important for us to recognize that our blessings come from God, not from another source","ANOTHER,BLESSINGS,COME,GOD,IMPORTANT,NOT,OUR,RECOGNIZE,SOURCE" Hosea,11,3,"The tribe of Ephraim did not recognize that God was the one who healed them and gave them good things","EPHRAIM,GAVE,GOD,GOOD,HEALED,NOT,ONE,RECOGNIZE,THINGS,TRIBE,WHO" Hosea,11,4,"God did great things for Israel, and took care of them, and nourished them; (by contrast, Israel's idols did nothing for them at all)","ALL,CARE,GOD,GREAT,IDOLS,ISRAEL,NOTHING,NOURISHED,THINGS,TOOK" Hosea,11,4,"God drew the children of Israel to Him","CHILDREN,DREW,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL" Hosea,11,4,"God fed the children of Israel","CHILDREN,FED,GOD,ISRAEL" Hosea,11,4,"God freed the children of Israel from slavery","CHILDREN,FREED,GOD,ISRAEL,SLAVERY" Hosea,11,4,"God loved the children of Israel","CHILDREN,GOD,ISRAEL,LOVED" Hosea,11,5,"Because the children of Israel refused to repent and return to God, He was going to turn them over to their enemies","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,ENEMIES,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,REFUSED,REPENT,RETURN,TURN" Hosea,11,5,"God was not going to allow the children of Israel to return to Egypt","ALLOW,CHILDREN,EGYPT,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NOT,RETURN" Hosea,11,5,"In the coming judgment, Israel would be governed by the king of Assyria","ASSYRIA,COMING,GOVERNED,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,KING" Hosea,11,5,"The children of Israel refused to repent and return to God, in spite of all the great things God had done for them","ALL,CHILDREN,DONE,GOD,GREAT,ISRAEL,REFUSED,REPENT,RETURN,SPITE,THINGS" Hosea,11,5,"There are times when God punishes nations by turning them over to their enemies, and allowing their enemies to rule over them","ALLOWING,ENEMIES,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,RULE,THERE,TIMES,TURNING,WHEN" Hosea,11,6,"God was going to consume and devour the nation of Israel","CONSUME,DEVOUR,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NATION" Hosea,11,6,"God was going to send the sword against the cities of Israel; God was going to send war and death upon Israel","AGAINST,CITIES,DEATH,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,SEND,SWORD,WAR" Hosea,11,6,"The reason God was going to devour the nation of Israel was because of its wicked counsel","BECAUSE,COUNSEL,DEVOUR,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,NATION,REASON,WICKED" Hosea,11,6,"There are times when God punishes a nation by sending war upon it","GOD,NATION,PUNISHES,SENDING,THERE,TIMES,WAR,WHEN" Hosea,11,7,"It is a bad thing when a nation loves its sin","BAD,LOVES,NATION,SIN,THING,WHEN" Hosea,11,7,"It is a bad thing when a nation refuses to exalt the Lord","BAD,EXALT,LORD,NATION,REFUSES,THING,WHEN" Hosea,11,7,"None of the children of Israel would exalt the Lord","CHILDREN,EXALT,ISRAEL,LORD,NONE" Hosea,11,7,"The children of Israel wanted to backslide from God; they did not want God, but they loved their sin","CHILDREN,GOD,ISRAEL,LOVED,NOT,SIN,WANT,WANTED" Hosea,11,7,"The children of Israel were determined to backslide from God","CHILDREN,DETERMINED,GOD,ISRAEL" Hosea,11,7,"The nation of Israel was wholly evil; no one would exalt Him","EVIL,EXALT,HIM,ISRAEL,NATION,NO,ONE,WHOLLY" Hosea,11,7,"We must exalt the Lord","EXALT,LORD,MUST" Hosea,11,7,"We must not backslide from God","GOD,MUST,NOT" Hosea,11,7,"We must not love sin","LOVE,MUST,NOT,SIN" Hosea,11,8,"God cared about what happened to Israel, even though the nation was wholly evil and loved idolatry","CARED,EVIL,GOD,HAPPENED,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,LOVED,NATION,WHAT,WHOLLY" Hosea,11,8,"God did not want to destroy Ephraim","DESTROY,EPHRAIM,GOD,NOT,WANT" Hosea,11,8,"God did not want to destroy Israel","DESTROY,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,WANT" Hosea,11,8,"God did not want to destroy Israel the way that Admah and Zeboim had been destroyed","ADMAH,DESTROY,DESTROYED,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,WANT,ZEBOIM" Hosea,11,8,"God is compassionate and merciful, and slow to wrath","COMPASSIONATE,GOD,MERCIFUL,SLOW,WRATH" Hosea,11,8,"God wanted Ephraim and Israel to repent and be saved; He did not want to pour out His wrath upon them","EPHRAIM,GOD,HE,HIS,ISRAEL,NOT,POUR,REPENT,SAVED,WANT,WANTED,WRATH" Hosea,11,8,"There was a time when Admah was destroyed","ADMAH,DESTROYED,THERE,TIME,WHEN" Hosea,11,8,"There was a time when Zeboim was destroyed","DESTROYED,THERE,TIME,WHEN,ZEBOIM" Hosea,11,9,"Because God loved Ephraim, He was not going to utterly destroy them and make an end to them","BECAUSE,DESTROY,END,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,HE,LOVED,MAKE,NOT" Hosea,11,9,"Because God loved Israel, He was not going to pour out the fierceness of His anger upon them","ANGER,BECAUSE,FIERCENESS,GOD,GOING,HE,HIS,ISRAEL,LOVED,NOT,POUR" Hosea,11,9,"Because God was God and not a man, He was not going to pour out the fierceness of His wrath","BECAUSE,FIERCENESS,GOD,GOING,HE,HIS,MAN,NOT,POUR,WRATH" Hosea,11,9,"God is holy","GOD,HOLY" Hosea,11,9,"God said that He was holy, and would not enter into the city","CITY,ENTER,GOD,HE,HOLY,NOT,SAID" Hosea,11,9,"God said that He was the Holy One who was in their midst","GOD,HE,HOLY,MIDST,ONE,SAID,WHO" Hosea,11,9,"God was very angry with Israel and Ephraim; His anger was fierce","ANGER,ANGRY,EPHRAIM,FIERCE,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL" Hosea,11,9,"There are times when God is very angry with nations","ANGRY,GOD,NATIONS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,11,10,"In the day when God roared, the children of the west would tremble","CHILDREN,DAY,GOD,ROARED,TREMBLE,WEST,WHEN" Hosea,11,10,"In the day when the children of Israel walked in God's ways, God would roar like a lion","CHILDREN,DAY,GOD,ISRAEL,LIKE,LION,ROAR,WALKED,WHEN" Hosea,11,10,"Lions roar","LIONS,ROAR" Hosea,11,10,"The children of Israel would not always be wicked and idolatrous and rebellious","ALWAYS,CHILDREN,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,NOT,REBELLIOUS,WICKED" Hosea,11,10,"The day was coming when the children of Israel would walk after the Lord; the day was coming when the people would repent of their idolatry and their sin and would walk in God's ways","AFTER,CHILDREN,COMING,DAY,GOD,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,LORD,PEOPLE,REPENT,SIN,WALK,WHEN" Hosea,11,11,"In the day when God roared, He would place the people into their houses","DAY,GOD,HE,HOUSES,PEOPLE,PLACE,ROARED,WHEN" Hosea,11,11,"In the day when God roared, the people of Assyria would tremble as a dove","ASSYRIA,DAY,DOVE,GOD,PEOPLE,ROARED,TREMBLE,WHEN" Hosea,11,11,"In the day when God roared, the people of Egypt would tremble as a bird","BIRD,DAY,EGYPT,GOD,PEOPLE,ROARED,TREMBLE,WHEN" Hosea,11,12,"Even though Ephraim and Israel were not faithful, the tribe of Judah was faithful","EPHRAIM,FAITHFUL,ISRAEL,JUDAH,NOT,TRIBE" Hosea,11,12,"In those days the tribe of Judah ruled with God","DAYS,GOD,JUDAH,RULED,TRIBE" Hosea,11,12,"In those days the tribe of Judah was faithful with the saints","DAYS,FAITHFUL,JUDAH,SAINTS,TRIBE" Hosea,11,12,"The children of Israel was deceitful; the people lied to God","CHILDREN,DECEITFUL,GOD,ISRAEL,LIED,PEOPLE" Hosea,11,12,"The tribe of Ephraim was a liar; the people lied to God","EPHRAIM,GOD,LIAR,LIED,PEOPLE,TRIBE" Hosea,12,1,"In ancient times, one of the goods that nations traded was oil (not petroleum)","ANCIENT,GOODS,NATIONS,NOT,OIL,ONE,TIMES,TRADED" Hosea,12,1,"In the day of trouble we must look to the Lord for salvation; those who ignore the Lord and look elsewhere will not be saved","DAY,IGNORE,LOOK,LORD,MUST,NOT,SALVATION,SAVED,TROUBLE,WHO" Hosea,12,1,"The desolation of the tribe of Ephraim increased each day; their lies and idolatry and faithlessness made things continually worse for them","CONTINUALLY,DAY,DESOLATION,EPHRAIM,FAITHLESSNESS,IDOLATRY,INCREASED,LIES,MADE,THINGS,TRIBE,WORSE" Hosea,12,1,"The lies of the tribe of Ephraim increased each day","DAY,EPHRAIM,INCREASED,LIES,TRIBE" Hosea,12,1,"The nations the tribe of Ephraim was depending on for help could not save them from the coming judgment","COMING,EPHRAIM,HELP,JUDGMENT,NATIONS,NOT,SAVE,TRIBE" Hosea,12,1,"The tribe of Ephraim also had an agreement with Egypt; they were sending oil into that nation (instead of repenting and seeking the Lord)","AGREEMENT,EGYPT,EPHRAIM,INSTEAD,LORD,NATION,OIL,REPENTING,SEEKING,SENDING,TRIBE" Hosea,12,1,"The tribe of Ephraim made a covenant with the Assyrians (instead of with God)","ASSYRIANS,COVENANT,EPHRAIM,GOD,INSTEAD,MADE,TRIBE" Hosea,12,1,"The tribe of Ephraim was feeding on the wind; they were relying on other nations to save them instead of God, but those other nations could do nothing for them","DO,EPHRAIM,FEEDING,GOD,INSTEAD,NATIONS,NOTHING,SAVE,TRIBE,WIND" Hosea,12,2,"God had a controversy with Judah; the nation was not innocent in His sight","CONTROVERSY,GOD,HIS,INNOCENT,JUDAH,NATION,NOT,SIGHT" Hosea,12,2,"God punishes wicked nations according to their wickedness","ACCORDING,GOD,NATIONS,PUNISHES,WICKED,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,12,2,"God was going to punish the tribes of Israel because of their sins and their evil deeds","BECAUSE,DEEDS,EVIL,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,PUNISH,SINS,TRIBES" Hosea,12,2,"God was going to repay the tribes for all the wicked things they had done","ALL,DONE,GOD,GOING,REPAY,THINGS,TRIBES,WICKED" Hosea,12,2,"There are national consequences for national sin","CONSEQUENCES,NATIONAL,SIN,THERE" Hosea,12,3,"Jacob had a brother","BROTHER,JACOB" Hosea,12,3,"Jacob had a measure of strength","JACOB,MEASURE,STRENGTH" Hosea,12,3,"Jacob had power with God by his strength","GOD,HIS,JACOB,POWER,STRENGTH" Hosea,12,3,"Jacob was a person before he was born","BEFORE,BORN,HE,JACOB,PERSON" Hosea,12,3,"The story the book of Genesis tells about Jacob is true; it is real history and actually happened","ACTUALLY,BOOK,GENESIS,HAPPENED,HISTORY,JACOB,REAL,STORY,TELLS,TRUE" Hosea,12,3,"While Jacob was still in the womb he grabbed his brother by the heel; Jacob had been struggling since before he was born","BEFORE,BORN,BROTHER,GRABBED,HE,HEEL,HIS,JACOB,SINCE,STRUGGLING,WHILE,WOMB" Hosea,12,4,"God refers to Himself as 'us', which is a reference to the trinity","GOD,HIMSELF,REFERENCE,REFERS,TRINITY,WHICH" Hosea,12,4,"Jacob had power over the angel that he wrestled with; he prevailed when fighting the angel","ANGEL,FIGHTING,HE,JACOB,POWER,PREVAILED,WHEN,WRESTLED" Hosea,12,4,"Jacob made supplication to the angel that he wrestled with; he asked for his petition (and it was granted)","ANGEL,ASKED,GRANTED,HE,HIS,JACOB,MADE,PETITION,SUPPLICATION,WRESTLED" Hosea,12,4,"Jacob spoke with God in Bethel","BETHEL,GOD,JACOB,SPOKE" Hosea,12,4,"Jacob wept when he wrestled with the angel","ANGEL,HE,JACOB,WEPT,WHEN,WRESTLED" Hosea,12,5,"God is the God of armies; He has a powerful army at His command","ARMIES,ARMY,COMMAND,GOD,HE,HIS,POWERFUL" Hosea,12,5,"God was the memorial of Jacob","GOD,JACOB,MEMORIAL" Hosea,12,5,"Jacob spoke to the Lord","JACOB,LORD,SPOKE" Hosea,12,6,"God commanded Israel to be just","COMMANDED,GOD,ISRAEL,JUST" Hosea,12,6,"God commanded Israel to continually wait on the Lord","COMMANDED,CONTINUALLY,GOD,ISRAEL,LORD,WAIT" Hosea,12,6,"God commanded Israel to treat one another with mercy","ANOTHER,COMMANDED,GOD,ISRAEL,MERCY,ONE,TREAT" Hosea,12,6,"God commanded the children of Israel to turn to Him","CHILDREN,COMMANDED,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,TURN" Hosea,12,6,"God said that He was the God of Israel, even though Israel was wicked and idolatrous and had rebelled against Him; God still loved them and wanted them to repent","AGAINST,GOD,HE,HIM,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,LOVED,REBELLED,REPENT,SAID,WANTED,WICKED" Hosea,12,6,"Nations must be just","JUST,MUST,NATIONS" Hosea,12,6,"Nations must be merciful","MERCIFUL,MUST,NATIONS" Hosea,12,6,"Nations must wait on the Lord","LORD,MUST,NATIONS,WAIT" Hosea,12,6,"Nations should bring forth the fruits of repentance; they must walk in God's ways","BRING,FRUITS,GOD,MUST,NATIONS,REPENTANCE,SHOULD,WALK" Hosea,12,6,"We must be just","JUST,MUST" Hosea,12,6,"We must treat one another with mercy","ANOTHER,MERCY,MUST,ONE,TREAT" Hosea,12,6,"We must wait on the Lord","LORD,MUST,WAIT" Hosea,12,7,"The tribe of Ephraim delighted in their wickedness and loved being evil","BEING,DELIGHTED,EPHRAIM,EVIL,LOVED,TRIBE,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,12,7,"The tribe of Ephraim loved to oppress other people","EPHRAIM,LOVED,OPPRESS,PEOPLE,TRIBE" Hosea,12,7,"The tribe of Ephraim obtained riches through deceit","DECEIT,EPHRAIM,OBTAINED,RICHES,TRIBE" Hosea,12,7,"The tribe of Ephraim oppressed other people","EPHRAIM,OPPRESSED,PEOPLE,TRIBE" Hosea,12,7,"The tribe of Ephraim was a deceitful merchant","DECEITFUL,EPHRAIM,MERCHANT,TRIBE" Hosea,12,8,"Ephraim obtained its riches through deceit and oppression","DECEIT,EPHRAIM,OBTAINED,OPPRESSION,RICHES" Hosea,12,8,"Even though Ephraim obtained its wealth through sin, it claimed that it was sinless and pure","CLAIMED,EPHRAIM,OBTAINED,PURE,SIN,SINLESS,WEALTH" Hosea,12,8,"God cares about how nations obtain their wealth","CARES,GOD,NATIONS,OBTAIN,WEALTH" Hosea,12,8,"God holds nations accountable","ACCOUNTABLE,GOD,HOLDS,NATIONS" Hosea,12,8,"God sees the wickedness of nations","GOD,NATIONS,SEES,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,12,8,"It is possible for nations to obtain wealth through deceit and oppression","DECEIT,NATIONS,OBTAIN,OPPRESSION,POSSIBLE,WEALTH" Hosea,12,8,"There are times when the wicked are able to use their wickedness to obtain great wealth","ABLE,GREAT,OBTAIN,THERE,TIMES,USE,WEALTH,WHEN,WICKED,WICKEDNESS" Hosea,12,8,"There are times when the wicked claim that they are not wicked at all","ALL,CLAIM,NOT,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Hosea,12,9,"During one of the solemn feasts of Israel, the people lived in tents; (this would be the feast of tabernacles)","DURING,FEAST,FEASTS,ISRAEL,LIVED,ONE,PEOPLE,SOLEMN,TABERNACLES,TENTS" Hosea,12,9,"God was going to make the people of Israel dwell in tents","DWELL,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,MAKE,PEOPLE,TENTS" Hosea,12,9,"God was the God of Israel from the days when they were still in Egypt","DAYS,EGYPT,GOD,ISRAEL,WHEN" Hosea,12,9,"There was a time when the nation of Israel was in Egypt","EGYPT,ISRAEL,NATION,THERE,TIME,WHEN" Hosea,12,10,"God spoke to Israel through many visions","GOD,ISRAEL,MANY,SPOKE,VISIONS" Hosea,12,10,"God spoke to Israel through parables","GOD,ISRAEL,PARABLES,SPOKE" Hosea,12,10,"God spoke to Israel through prophets","GOD,ISRAEL,PROPHETS,SPOKE" Hosea,12,10,"God spoke to Israel time and time again (but the people would not listen)","AGAIN,GOD,ISRAEL,LISTEN,NOT,PEOPLE,SPOKE,TIME" Hosea,12,11,"God compared the altars of Israel to heaps in fields","ALTARS,COMPARED,FIELDS,GOD,HEAPS,ISRAEL" Hosea,12,11,"The children of Israel committed idolatry in Gilgal; they sacrificed bulls there to idols","BULLS,CHILDREN,COMMITTED,GILGAL,IDOLATRY,IDOLS,ISRAEL,SACRIFICED,THERE" Hosea,12,11,"The land of Israel was filled with altars","ALTARS,FILLED,ISRAEL,LAND" Hosea,12,11,"The things that the children of Israel were doing were being done in vain; they worshiped their idols, but those idols could not save them","BEING,CHILDREN,DOING,DONE,IDOLS,ISRAEL,NOT,SAVE,THINGS,VAIN,WORSHIPED" Hosea,12,11,"There was iniquity in Gilead","GILEAD,INIQUITY,THERE" Hosea,12,12,"In Syria Jacob earned his wife by keeping sheep","EARNED,HIS,JACOB,KEEPING,SHEEP,SYRIA,WIFE" Hosea,12,12,"In Syria Jacob served his uncle for a wife","HIS,JACOB,SERVED,SYRIA,UNCLE,WIFE" Hosea,12,12,"Jacob fled to Syria (because he stole the blessing from Esau)","BECAUSE,BLESSING,ESAU,FLED,HE,JACOB,STOLE,SYRIA" Hosea,12,13,"God saved Israel out of Egypt","EGYPT,GOD,ISRAEL,SAVED" Hosea,12,13,"God used a prophet (Moses) to bring Israel out of Egypt","BRING,EGYPT,GOD,ISRAEL,MOSES,PROPHET,USED" Hosea,12,13,"God used a prophet (Moses) to preserve Israel","GOD,ISRAEL,MOSES,PRESERVE,PROPHET,USED" Hosea,12,13,"Moses was a prophet","MOSES,PROPHET" Hosea,12,14,"Because Ephraim provoked the Lord to anger, God was going to leave his blood upon them; his sins would not be forgiven","ANGER,BECAUSE,BLOOD,EPHRAIM,FORGIVEN,GOD,GOING,HIS,LEAVE,LORD,NOT,PROVOKED,SINS" Hosea,12,14,"Because Ephraim provoked the Lord to anger, God was going to put the tribe into reproach","ANGER,BECAUSE,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,LORD,PROVOKED,PUT,REPROACH,TRIBE" Hosea,12,14,"Ephraim provoked the Lord to anger","ANGER,EPHRAIM,LORD,PROVOKED" Hosea,12,14,"The day is coming when Ephraim will return to the Lord","COMING,DAY,EPHRAIM,LORD,RETURN,WHEN" Hosea,12,14,"The Lord was very angry with Ephraim","ANGRY,EPHRAIM,LORD" Hosea,12,14,"When Ephraim was in reproach, the tribe would return to the Lord","EPHRAIM,LORD,REPROACH,RETURN,TRIBE,WHEN" Hosea,13,1,"God hates idolatry","GOD,HATES,IDOLATRY" Hosea,13,1,"God punishes idolatrous nations","GOD,IDOLATROUS,NATIONS,PUNISHES" Hosea,13,1,"Nations must not be idolatrous","IDOLATROUS,MUST,NATIONS,NOT" Hosea,13,1,"Nations that humble themselves before the Lord will be exalted","BEFORE,EXALTED,HUMBLE,LORD,NATIONS" Hosea,13,1,"The worship of idols destroys nations; it does not exalt them","DESTROYS,EXALT,IDOLS,NATIONS,NOT,WORSHIP" Hosea,13,1,"Those who humble themselves before the Lord will be exalted","BEFORE,EXALTED,HUMBLE,LORD,WHO" Hosea,13,1,"When the tribe of Ephraim broke their covenant with God and worshiped Baal, the tribe died","BAAL,BROKE,COVENANT,DIED,EPHRAIM,GOD,TRIBE,WHEN,WORSHIPED" Hosea,13,1,"When the tribe of Ephraim humbled themselves before the Lord and spoke to Him with trembling, Ephraim was exalted","BEFORE,EPHRAIM,EXALTED,HIM,HUMBLED,LORD,SPOKE,TREMBLING,TRIBE,WHEN" Hosea,13,2,"The craftsmen of the tribe of Ephraim made idols","CRAFTSMEN,EPHRAIM,IDOLS,MADE,TRIBE" Hosea,13,2,"The idols that the tribe of Ephraim worshiped were the works of their own hands; they worshiped idols that they themselves had made","EPHRAIM,HANDS,IDOLS,MADE,OWN,TRIBE,WORKS,WORSHIPED" Hosea,13,2,"The sin of the tribe of Ephraim kept increasing; they sinned more and more","EPHRAIM,INCREASING,KEPT,SIN,SINNED,TRIBE" Hosea,13,2,"The tribe of Ephraim made idols","EPHRAIM,IDOLS,MADE,TRIBE" Hosea,13,2,"The tribe of Ephraim made idols out of silver","EPHRAIM,IDOLS,MADE,SILVER,TRIBE" Hosea,13,2,"The tribe of Ephraim offered sacrifices to the golden calves","CALVES,EPHRAIM,GOLDEN,OFFERED,SACRIFICES,TRIBE" Hosea,13,2,"The tribe of Ephraim was deeply idolatrous","DEEPLY,EPHRAIM,IDOLATROUS,TRIBE" Hosea,13,2,"The tribe of Ephraim worshiped the golden calves by kissing them","CALVES,EPHRAIM,GOLDEN,KISSING,TRIBE,WORSHIPED" Hosea,13,3,"God compared the tribe of Ephraim to chaff that is driven away by the wind","AWAY,CHAFF,COMPARED,DRIVEN,EPHRAIM,GOD,TRIBE,WIND" Hosea,13,3,"God compared the tribe of Ephraim to morning dew that quickly disappears","COMPARED,DEW,DISAPPEARS,EPHRAIM,GOD,MORNING,QUICKLY,TRIBE" Hosea,13,3,"God compared the tribe of Ephraim to morning fog that quickly disappears","COMPARED,DISAPPEARS,EPHRAIM,FOG,GOD,MORNING,QUICKLY,TRIBE" Hosea,13,3,"God compared the tribe of Ephraim to smoke that comes out of a chimney and disappears","CHIMNEY,COMES,COMPARED,DISAPPEARS,EPHRAIM,GOD,SMOKE,TRIBE" Hosea,13,3,"God was going to remove the tribe of Ephraim from the promised land; because they were idolatrous He would not allow them to remain in the land","ALLOW,BECAUSE,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,HE,IDOLATROUS,LAND,NOT,PROMISED,REMAIN,REMOVE,TRIBE" Hosea,13,4,"God had been their God since Israel was in Egypt","EGYPT,GOD,ISRAEL,SINCE" Hosea,13,4,"God is our Savior","GOD,OUR,SAVIOR" Hosea,13,4,"God is the only Savior; there is no one else who can save us","CAN,GOD,NO,ONE,ONLY,SAVE,SAVIOR,THERE,WHO" Hosea,13,4,"God said that it was His will that the children of Israel worshiped Him alone; they were to know no other god but Him alone","ALONE,CHILDREN,GOD,HIM,HIS,ISRAEL,KNOW,NO,SAID,WORSHIPED" Hosea,13,4,"God was the God of Israel; He was their God, even though the children of Israel were idolatrous and had broken their covenant and rebelled against Him","AGAINST,BROKEN,CHILDREN,COVENANT,GOD,HE,HIM,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,REBELLED" Hosea,13,4,"There is only one path to salvation","ONE,ONLY,PATH,SALVATION,THERE" Hosea,13,4,"There was a time when the children of Israel were in Egypt","CHILDREN,EGYPT,ISRAEL,THERE,TIME,WHEN" Hosea,13,5,"God knew the children of Israel when they were in the wilderness","CHILDREN,GOD,ISRAEL,KNEW,WHEN,WILDERNESS" Hosea,13,5,"The wilderness was very dry","DRY,WILDERNESS" Hosea,13,5,"There was a time when the children of Israel were in the wilderness","CHILDREN,ISRAEL,THERE,TIME,WHEN,WILDERNESS" Hosea,13,6,"Prosperity can be dangerous; it can tempt people to become proud","BECOME,CAN,DANGEROUS,PEOPLE,PROSPERITY,PROUD,TEMPT" Hosea,13,6,"Prosperity can be dangerous; it can tempt people to forget God","CAN,DANGEROUS,FORGET,GOD,PEOPLE,PROSPERITY,TEMPT" Hosea,13,6,"The children of Israel forgot God once they became prosperous and their needs were met","BECAME,CHILDREN,FORGOT,GOD,ISRAEL,NEEDS,ONCE,PROSPEROUS" Hosea,13,6,"The children of Israel were filled by the food from the pasture; God provided food for them","CHILDREN,FILLED,FOOD,GOD,ISRAEL,PASTURE,PROVIDED" Hosea,13,6,"When the children of Israel were filled, their heart was exalted; instead of being humbled by God's care for them they became proud","BECAME,BEING,CARE,CHILDREN,EXALTED,FILLED,GOD,HEART,HUMBLED,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,PROUD,WHEN" Hosea,13,6,"When the children of Israel were filled, they forgot God; they forgot the One who fed them and blessed them and took care of them","BLESSED,CARE,CHILDREN,FED,FILLED,FORGOT,GOD,ISRAEL,ONE,TOOK,WHEN,WHO" Hosea,13,7,"Nations must not forget God","FORGET,GOD,MUST,NATIONS,NOT" Hosea,13,7,"Since the children of Israel forgot God, He would be like a lion (a dangerous predator) unto them","CHILDREN,DANGEROUS,FORGOT,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,LIKE,LION,PREDATOR,SINCE" Hosea,13,7,"Since the children of Israel forgot God, He would watch them like a leopard (a dangerous predator)","CHILDREN,DANGEROUS,FORGOT,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,LEOPARD,LIKE,PREDATOR,SINCE,WATCH" Hosea,13,7,"We must not forget God","FORGET,GOD,MUST,NOT" Hosea,13,8,"God said that He was going to devour the nation of Israel, the way a lion devours its prey","DEVOUR,DEVOURS,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,LION,NATION,PREY,SAID" Hosea,13,8,"God said that He was going to tear the nation of Israel apart","GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,NATION,SAID,TEAR" Hosea,13,8,"God was going to use animals to tear the children of Israel apart","ANIMALS,CHILDREN,GOD,GOING,ISRAEL,TEAR,USE" Hosea,13,8,"God would meet the children of Israel with great anger; He compared His wrath to the anger of a bear whose offspring had been stolen","ANGER,BEAR,CHILDREN,COMPARED,GOD,GREAT,HE,HIS,ISRAEL,MEET,OFFSPRING,STOLEN,WHOSE,WRATH" Hosea,13,8,"There are national consequences for forgetting God","CONSEQUENCES,FORGETTING,GOD,NATIONAL,THERE" Hosea,13,9,"God was willing to help Israel (if they repented and turned to Him)","GOD,HELP,HIM,IF,ISRAEL,REPENTED,TURNED,WILLING" Hosea,13,9,"Judgment and destruction were coming upon the children of Israel because of the choices that they had made; they were the ones who were responsible for the terrible things that were about to happen to them","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,CHOICES,COMING,DESTRUCTION,HAPPEN,ISRAEL,JUDGMENT,MADE,ONES,RESPONSIBLE,TERRIBLE,THINGS,WHO" Hosea,13,9,"The children of Israel destroyed themselves (through their pride and idolatry)","CHILDREN,DESTROYED,IDOLATRY,ISRAEL,PRIDE" Hosea,13,9,"The help of Israel was in the Lord, not in Assyria or Egypt or other nations; Israel needed to turn to the Lord for salvation","ASSYRIA,EGYPT,HELP,ISRAEL,LORD,NATIONS,NEEDED,NOT,SALVATION,TURN" Hosea,13,9,"The only one who could help Israel was the Lord","HELP,ISRAEL,LORD,ONE,ONLY,WHO" Hosea,13,10,"God was willing to be their king; He was willing to save them","GOD,HE,KING,SAVE,WILLING" Hosea,13,10,"Israel did not have a heart to seek after God, but God was the only one who could save them","AFTER,GOD,HEART,ISRAEL,NOT,ONE,ONLY,SAVE,SEEK,WHO" Hosea,13,10,"Israel needs to seek after God as their king, and not look for salvation in someone else","AFTER,GOD,ISRAEL,KING,LOOK,NEEDS,NOT,SALVATION,SEEK,SOMEONE" Hosea,13,10,"Israel rejected God as king; they asked their judges to give them a human king and human princes because they did not want God to rule over them","ASKED,BECAUSE,GIVE,GOD,HUMAN,ISRAEL,JUDGES,KING,NOT,PRINCES,REJECTED,RULE,WANT" Hosea,13,10,"The day is coming when God will be the king of Israel","COMING,DAY,GOD,ISRAEL,KING,WHEN" Hosea,13,10,"The only one who could save Israel was God","GOD,ISRAEL,ONE,ONLY,SAVE,WHO" Hosea,13,10,"The only one who could save the cities of Israel was God","CITIES,GOD,ISRAEL,ONE,ONLY,SAVE,WHO" Hosea,13,11,"God gave Israel a king because He was angry with them","ANGRY,BECAUSE,GAVE,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,KING" Hosea,13,11,"God granted Israel's wicked request because He was angry with them; granting their request was a punishment and a curse upon them","ANGRY,BECAUSE,CURSE,GOD,GRANTED,HE,ISRAEL,PUNISHMENT,REQUEST,WICKED" Hosea,13,11,"God has the power to take away a nation's government","AWAY,GOD,GOVERNMENT,NATION,POWER,TAKE" Hosea,13,11,"God has the power to take away kings","AWAY,GOD,KINGS,POWER,TAKE" Hosea,13,11,"God took away Israel's king because He was angry with Israel","ANGRY,AWAY,BECAUSE,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,KING,TOOK" Hosea,13,11,"There are times when God grants wicked prayers, because He is angry with the person who prayed","ANGRY,BECAUSE,GOD,GRANTS,HE,PERSON,PRAYED,PRAYERS,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WHO,WICKED" Hosea,13,11,"There are times when God punishes people by granting their wicked prayers","GOD,PEOPLE,PRAYERS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Hosea,13,12,"The tribe of Ephraim hid their sin, as one hides treasure","EPHRAIM,HID,HIDES,ONE,SIN,TREASURE,TRIBE" Hosea,13,12,"The tribe of Ephraim treasured their sin; they loved their sin","EPHRAIM,LOVED,SIN,TREASURED,TRIBE" Hosea,13,13,"Because Ephraim loved their sin, the sorrows of a woman giving birth were going to come upon that tribe; (throughout the Bible these sorrows are a reference to the tribulation period)","BECAUSE,BIBLE,BIRTH,COME,EPHRAIM,GIVING,GOING,LOVED,REFERENCE,SIN,SORROWS,THESE,TRIBE,TRIBULATION,WOMAN" Hosea,13,13,"Nations should not love their sin","LOVE,NATIONS,NOT,SHOULD,SIN" Hosea,13,13,"The tribe of Ephraim was unwise; they should not have loved their sin","EPHRAIM,LOVED,NOT,SHOULD,SIN,TRIBE,UNWISE" Hosea,13,13,"The tribe of Ephraim was unwise; they were in a place they should not have been","EPHRAIM,NOT,PLACE,SHOULD,TRIBE,UNWISE" Hosea,13,13,"There are times when God punishes nations that love their sin","GOD,LOVE,NATIONS,PUNISHES,SIN,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,13,14,"God is not going to turn from this path; He is going to save Israel and destroy death itself","DEATH,DESTROY,GOD,GOING,HE,ISRAEL,NOT,PATH,SAVE,TURN" Hosea,13,14,"In spite of all that Ephraim had done, the day is coming when God will save them","ALL,COMING,DAY,DONE,EPHRAIM,GOD,SAVE,SPITE,WHEN" Hosea,13,14,"The day was coming when God would overcome death and destroy it","COMING,DAY,DEATH,DESTROY,GOD,OVERCOME,WHEN" Hosea,13,14,"The day was coming when God would ransom Ephraim from the power of the grave","COMING,DAY,EPHRAIM,GOD,GRAVE,POWER,RANSOM,WHEN" Hosea,13,14,"The day was coming when God would redeem Ephraim from death","COMING,DAY,DEATH,EPHRAIM,GOD,REDEEM,WHEN" Hosea,13,15,"God can take away a nation's prosperity","AWAY,CAN,GOD,NATION,PROSPERITY,TAKE" Hosea,13,15,"God was going to dry up the spring and fountain of Ephraim","DRY,EPHRAIM,FOUNTAIN,GOD,GOING,SPRING,UP" Hosea,13,15,"God was going to judge the tribe of Ephraim and take away their pleasant vessels","AWAY,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,JUDGE,PLEASANT,TAKE,TRIBE,VESSELS" Hosea,13,15,"God was going to raise up an east wind from the wilderness against Ephraim","AGAINST,EAST,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,RAISE,UP,WILDERNESS,WIND" Hosea,13,15,"God was going to take away Ephraim's prosperity","AWAY,EPHRAIM,GOD,GOING,PROSPERITY,TAKE" Hosea,13,15,"The tribe of Ephraim was more prosperous than the other tribes","EPHRAIM,PROSPEROUS,TRIBE,TRIBES" Hosea,13,15,"The tribe of Ephraim was prosperous","EPHRAIM,PROSPEROUS,TRIBE" Hosea,13,15,"There are times when God takes away the prosperity of a nation","AWAY,GOD,NATION,PROSPERITY,TAKES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN" Hosea,13,16,"God did not promise to spare the children from His wrath, or from times of judgment","CHILDREN,GOD,HIS,JUDGMENT,NOT,PROMISE,SPARE,TIMES,WRATH" Hosea,13,16,"God did not promise to spare women from His wrath, or from times of judgment","GOD,HIS,JUDGMENT,NOT,PROMISE,SPARE,TIMES,WOMEN,WRATH" Hosea,13,16,"God said that He was the God of Samaria","GOD,HE,SAID,SAMARIA" Hosea,13,16,"God warned Samaria in advance about the terrible judgment that was going to come against them (and yet they did not repent or seek salvation from the Lord)","ADVANCE,AGAINST,COME,GOD,GOING,JUDGMENT,LORD,NOT,REPENT,SALVATION,SAMARIA,SEEK,TERRIBLE,WARNED" Hosea,13,16,"God was going to make Samaria desolate","DESOLATE,GOD,GOING,MAKE,SAMARIA" Hosea,13,16,"In the coming judgment, the infants were going to be killed; God was not going to spare them","COMING,GOD,GOING,INFANTS,JUDGMENT,KILLED,NOT,SPARE" Hosea,13,16,"In the coming judgment, the pregnant women were going to be killed; God was not going to spare them","COMING,GOD,GOING,JUDGMENT,KILLED,NOT,PREGNANT,SPARE,WOMEN" Hosea,13,16,"Samaria was going to fall by the sword","FALL,GOING,SAMARIA,SWORD" Hosea,13,16,"The infants of Samaria were going to be dashed to pieces","DASHED,GOING,INFANTS,PIECES,SAMARIA" Hosea,13,16,"The pregnant woman of Samaria were going to be torn apart","GOING,PREGNANT,SAMARIA,TORN,WOMAN" Hosea,13,16,"The reason God was going to make Samaria desolate was because Samaria had rebelled against God","AGAINST,BECAUSE,DESOLATE,GOD,GOING,MAKE,REASON,REBELLED,SAMARIA" Hosea,13,16,"There are times when God punishes wicked nations by killing their children","CHILDREN,GOD,KILLING,NATIONS,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED" Hosea,13,16,"There are times when God punishes wicked nations by killing their pregnant women","GOD,KILLING,NATIONS,PREGNANT,PUNISHES,THERE,TIMES,WHEN,WICKED,WOMEN" Hosea,14,1,"Even though the children of Israel had been wicked and idolatrous, God wanted them to repent and turn to Him; God wanted to save them","CHILDREN,GOD,HIM,IDOLATROUS,ISRAEL,REPENT,SAVE,TURN,WANTED,WICKED" Hosea,14,1,"God commanded the children of Israel to return to Him","CHILDREN,COMMANDED,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,RETURN" Hosea,14,1,"God said that He was the God of Israel","GOD,HE,ISRAEL,SAID" Hosea,14,1,"Sin destroys nations","DESTROYS,NATIONS,SIN" Hosea,14,1,"The reason the children of Israel had fallen was because of their sin","BECAUSE,CHILDREN,FALLEN,ISRAEL,REASON,SIN" Hosea,14,2,"God commanded the children of Israel to turn to Him and cry out to Him","CHILDREN,COMMANDED,CRY,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,TURN" Hosea,14,2,"God desired the sincere worship of the Israelites; that was the sacrificial calf that He wanted","CALF,DESIRED,GOD,HE,ISRAELITES,SACRIFICIAL,SINCERE,WANTED,WORSHIP" Hosea,14,2,"God desires repentance and humility","DESIRES,GOD,HUMILITY,REPENTANCE" Hosea,14,2,"God wanted the children of Israel to go to Him and ask Him to take away their sin","ASK,AWAY,CHILDREN,GO,GOD,HIM,ISRAEL,SIN,TAKE,WANTED" Hosea,14,2,"God was able and willing to graciously receive the children of Israel, in spite of all of their sin","ABLE,ALL,CHILDREN,GOD,GRACIOUSLY,ISRAEL,RECEIVE,SIN,SPITE,WILLING" Hosea,14,2,"God was able and willing to take away the iniquity of Israel","ABLE,AWAY,GOD,INIQUITY,ISRAEL,TAKE,WILLING" Hosea,14,2,"God was willing to save Israel if they would turn to Him and repent","GOD,HIM,IF,ISRAEL,REPENT,SAVE,TURN,WILLING" Hosea,14,2,"The only way we can be saved is if God takes away our sin","AWAY,CAN,GOD,IF,ONLY,OUR,SAVED,SIN,TAKES" Hosea,14,2,"The path of salvation is for us to go to God and ask Him to take away our sin and receive us","ASK,AWAY,GO,GOD,HIM,OUR,PATH,RECEIVE,SALVATION,SIN,TAKE" Hosea,14,2,"We cannot take away our sin; we cannot obtain righteousness by our works","AWAY,CANNOT,OBTAIN,OUR,RIGHTEOUSNESS,SIN,TAKE,WORKS" Hosea,14,3,"A nation's allies cannot save them","ALLIES,CANNOT,NATION,SAVE" Hosea,14,3,"A nation's armed forces cannot save them","ARMED,CANNOT,FORCES,NATION,SAVE" Hosea,14,3,"A nation's idols cannot save them","CANNOT,IDOLS,NATION,SAVE" Hosea,14,3,"Asshur was unable to save Israel","ASSHUR,ISRAEL,SAVE,UNABLE" Hosea,14,3,"Horses were unable to save Israel","HORSES,ISRAEL,SAVE,UNABLE" Hosea,14,3,"Israel must not look to horses for salvation; instead they must look to God","GOD,HORSES,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LOOK,MUST,NOT,SALVATION" Hosea,14,3,"Israel must not look to idols for salvation; instead they must look to God","GOD,IDOLS,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LOOK,MUST,NOT,SALVATION" Hosea,14,3,"Israel must not look to other nations for salvation; instead they must look to God","GOD,INSTEAD,ISRAEL,LOOK,MUST,NATIONS,NOT,SALVATION" Hosea,14,3,"Nations must look to God alone for salvation","ALONE,GOD,LOOK,MUST,NATIONS,SALVATION" Hosea,14,3,"The Bible consistently refers to orphans as children who do not have a father","BIBLE,CHILDREN,CONSISTENTLY,DO,FATHER,NOT,ORPHANS,REFERS,WHO" Hosea,14,3,"The fatherless find mercy in God","FATHERLESS,FIND,GOD,MERCY" Hosea,14,3,"The idols that Israel created were the work of their own hands; the Israelites were worshiping what they themselves had made","CREATED,HANDS,IDOLS,ISRAEL,ISRAELITES,MADE,OWN,WHAT,WORK,WORSHIPING" Hosea,14,4,"God will not always be angry with Israel; one day God will save them","ALWAYS,ANGRY,DAY,GOD,ISRAEL,NOT,ONE,SAVE" Hosea,14,4,"The day is coming when God will forgive the sins of Israel and save them","COMING,DAY,FORGIVE,GOD,ISRAEL,SAVE,SINS,WHEN" Hosea,14,4,"The day is coming when God will freely love Israel","COMING,DAY,FREELY,GOD,ISRAEL,LOVE,WHEN" Hosea,14,4,"The day is coming when God will heal Israel","COMING,DAY,GOD,HEAL,ISRAEL,WHEN" Hosea,14,4,"The day is coming when God will turn away His anger from Israel","ANGER,AWAY,COMING,DAY,GOD,HIS,ISRAEL,TURN,WHEN" Hosea,14,5,"The day is coming when God will be like dew unto Israel; He will bless them and nurture them","BLESS,COMING,DAY,DEW,GOD,HE,ISRAEL,LIKE,NURTURE,WHEN" Hosea,14,5,"The day is coming when Israel will grow as a lily grows; God will prosper Israel","COMING,DAY,GOD,GROW,GROWS,ISRAEL,LILY,PROSPER,WHEN" Hosea,14,5,"The day is coming when Israel will have roots in Lebanon; God will grow the nation of Israel","COMING,DAY,GOD,GROW,ISRAEL,LEBANON,NATION,ROOTS,WHEN" Hosea,14,6,"God compares the beauty of future Israel to the beauty of an olive tree","BEAUTY,COMPARES,FUTURE,GOD,ISRAEL,OLIVE,TREE" Hosea,14,6,"God compares the smell of future Israel to the smell of Lebanon (a place known for its cedar trees)","CEDAR,COMPARES,FUTURE,GOD,ISRAEL,KNOWN,LEBANON,PLACE,SMELL,TREES" Hosea,14,6,"The day is coming when Israel will be beautiful","BEAUTIFUL,COMING,DAY,ISRAEL,WHEN" Hosea,14,6,"The day is coming when Israel will spread its branches; God will expand the reach of Israel","BRANCHES,COMING,DAY,EXPAND,GOD,ISRAEL,REACH,SPREAD,WHEN" Hosea,14,7,"Salvation can only be found under the shadow of God","CAN,FOUND,GOD,ONLY,SALVATION,SHADOW,UNDER" Hosea,14,7,"The day is coming when God will gather His people back to the promised land","BACK,COMING,DAY,GATHER,GOD,HIS,LAND,PEOPLE,PROMISED,WHEN" Hosea,14,7,"There are great blessings in store for those who dwell under the shadow of God","BLESSINGS,DWELL,GOD,GREAT,SHADOW,STORE,THERE,UNDER,WHO" Hosea,14,7,"Those who dwell under the shadow of God will grow, as vines grow","DWELL,GOD,GROW,SHADOW,UNDER,VINES,WHO" Hosea,14,7,"Those who dwell under the shadow of God will return to the promised land","DWELL,GOD,LAND,PROMISED,RETURN,SHADOW,UNDER,WHO" Hosea,14,7,"Those who dwell under the shadow of God will revive, as corn is revived","CORN,DWELL,GOD,REVIVE,REVIVED,SHADOW,UNDER,WHO" Hosea,14,7,"Those who dwell under the shadow of God will smell like the wine of Lebanon; (this is apparently a good thing)","DWELL,GOD,GOOD,LEBANON,LIKE,SHADOW,SMELL,THING,UNDER,WHO,WINE" Hosea,14,8,"In the future, Ephraim will be like a green fir tree","EPHRAIM,FIR,FUTURE,GREEN,LIKE,TREE" Hosea,14,8,"In the future, Ephraim will bear good fruit","BEAR,EPHRAIM,FRUIT,FUTURE,GOOD" Hosea,14,8,"One day Ephraim will no longer be idolatrous","DAY,EPHRAIM,IDOLATROUS,LONGER,NO,ONE" Hosea,14,8,"The day is coming when Ephraim will hear the Lord","COMING,DAY,EPHRAIM,HEAR,LORD,WHEN" Hosea,14,8,"The day is coming when Ephraim will no longer desire idols","COMING,DAY,DESIRE,EPHRAIM,IDOLS,LONGER,NO,WHEN" Hosea,14,8,"The day is coming when Ephraim will reject idols and will seek the Lord","COMING,DAY,EPHRAIM,IDOLS,LORD,REJECT,SEEK,WHEN" Hosea,14,8,"The day is coming when Ephraim will see the Lord","COMING,DAY,EPHRAIM,LORD,SEE,WHEN" Hosea,14,9,"God is against transgressors","AGAINST,GOD,TRANSGRESSORS" Hosea,14,9,"It is good to be prudent","GOOD,PRUDENT" Hosea,14,9,"It is good to be wise","GOOD,WISE" Hosea,14,9,"It is good to know prophecy","GOOD,KNOW,PROPHECY" Hosea,14,9,"It is good to study prophecy","GOOD,PROPHECY,STUDY" Hosea,14,9,"It is good to understand prophecy","GOOD,PROPHECY,UNDERSTAND" Hosea,14,9,"The ways of the Lord are right","LORD,RIGHT" Hosea,14,9,"Those who are just will walk in the ways of the Lord","JUST,LORD,WALK,WHO" Hosea,14,9,"Those who are transgressors will fall","FALL,TRANSGRESSORS,WHO" Hosea,14,9,"Those who know these things are prudent","KNOW,PRUDENT,THESE,THINGS,WHO" Hosea,14,9,"Those who understand these things are wise","THESE,THINGS,UNDERSTAND,WHO,WISE" Hosea,14,9,"Those who walk in the ways of the Lord are just","JUST,LORD,WALK,WHO" Hosea,14,9,"We must not be transgressors","MUST,NOT,TRANSGRESSORS" Hosea,14,9,"We must seek to know prophecy","KNOW,MUST,PROPHECY,SEEK" Hosea,14,9,"We must seek to understand prophecy","MUST,PROPHECY,SEEK,UNDERSTAND" Hosea,14,9,"We must walk in the ways of the Lord","LORD,MUST,WALK"