Category Archives: Hoshea (Hos)

1 “When Isra’el was a child, I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 But the more [the prophets] called them, the farther they went from them. They sacrificed to theba‘alim and offered incense to idols. 3 “Yet it was I who taught Efrayim to walk; I took them by their […]

1 “Efrayim surrounds me with lies and the house of Isra’el with deceit. Y’hudah still rules with God and is faithful with holy ones. 2 Efrayim is chasing the wind, pursuing the wind from the east. All day he piles up lies and desolation — they make a covenant with Ashur, while sending olive oil […]

1 “When Efrayim spoke, there was trembling; he was a power in Isra’el. But when he incurred guilt through Ba‘al, he died. 2 So now they keep adding sin to sin, casting images from their silver; idols they invent for themselves, all of them the work of craftsmen. ‘Sacrifice to them,’ they say. Men give […]

1 Shomron will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their little ones will be dashed to pieces and their pregnant women ripped open. 2 Return, Isra’el, toAdonaiyour God, for your guilt has made you stumble. 3 Take words with you, and return toAdonai; say to […]