4v1-3
Hosea passes on the message from God to Israel about the things that God has against them. They are not true, not loyal, do not know him, use his name in vain, lie, kill, steal, adultery. One murder follows another. Because of all the sins that Israel has committed, the land is drying up, the people are dying, the animals and fish are dying too. The judgement of God extends to all living things, not just humans.
4v4-9
God now starts at the priests. He says that everyone should not accuse and blame people. Priests shouldn't blame people for arguing with them, because the people don't know anything, they have more of a right to argue it. God says they will be ruined in the day, and prophets will be ruined in the night, and Israel will be destroyed. (also referred to as mother). The people will be destroyed as they have no knowledge, they have refused to learn, so they can't be priests of God. They have forgotten the teachings, so he will forget them. The more priests there are, the more they sin against God. God will take their honour and give them shame. The priests live off the people sinning so want people to sin which is obv wrong. They eat meat people use for sacrificing for sins. Priests are as wrong as the people and they will be punished and God will repay them for the wrong they have done.
4v10-13
They will eat but it won't be enough (reminds me of pirates of the carribean!), they will have sex with prostitutes but have no kids, they have left the Lord to give themselves to prostitution, they are drunk with it and it will stop them understanding. The people ask false gods for help, God basically ridicules this. Like prostitutes they chase after other gods and left their own God. They make sacrifices, burn offerings. To chase after false gods is considered spiritual prostitution.
4v14-15
God says he won't punish the daughters or daughter in laws for becoming prostitutes because the men have sex with them, it's not just a one sided thing, because there are two people having sex. It says that the men if anything are more guilty because they should be setting an example, and not being lead into immorality. They also offer sacrifices to temple prostitutes.Hosea gives warning to Judah telling the people not to go to Gilgal or Beth Aven where false worship had been established by Israel. Hosea says not make careless oaths in God's name, and not to misuse God's name.
4v16-19
The people of Israel are stubborn like a young cow so God will feed them like lambs in the country. Israel has chose to worship false gods, so God will let them. When they've finished drinking, had sex with prostitutes, and they love their disgraceful ways, they will be swept away by whirlwinds and sacrifices will bring them shame, not blessings.
Application of chapter 4
God's reading out like a list of Israel's sins here, and everything they've done wrong right? We'd have that too, if we weren't christians. we'd have a million sins next to our names. THANK GOODNESS GOD IS MERCIFUL. he's forgotten, he's wiped us clean :)
Hosea passes on the message from God to Israel about the things that God has against them. They are not true, not loyal, do not know him, use his name in vain, lie, kill, steal, adultery. One murder follows another. Because of all the sins that Israel has committed, the land is drying up, the people are dying, the animals and fish are dying too. The judgement of God extends to all living things, not just humans.
4v4-9
God now starts at the priests. He says that everyone should not accuse and blame people. Priests shouldn't blame people for arguing with them, because the people don't know anything, they have more of a right to argue it. God says they will be ruined in the day, and prophets will be ruined in the night, and Israel will be destroyed. (also referred to as mother). The people will be destroyed as they have no knowledge, they have refused to learn, so they can't be priests of God. They have forgotten the teachings, so he will forget them. The more priests there are, the more they sin against God. God will take their honour and give them shame. The priests live off the people sinning so want people to sin which is obv wrong. They eat meat people use for sacrificing for sins. Priests are as wrong as the people and they will be punished and God will repay them for the wrong they have done.
4v10-13
They will eat but it won't be enough (reminds me of pirates of the carribean!), they will have sex with prostitutes but have no kids, they have left the Lord to give themselves to prostitution, they are drunk with it and it will stop them understanding. The people ask false gods for help, God basically ridicules this. Like prostitutes they chase after other gods and left their own God. They make sacrifices, burn offerings. To chase after false gods is considered spiritual prostitution.
4v14-15
God says he won't punish the daughters or daughter in laws for becoming prostitutes because the men have sex with them, it's not just a one sided thing, because there are two people having sex. It says that the men if anything are more guilty because they should be setting an example, and not being lead into immorality. They also offer sacrifices to temple prostitutes.Hosea gives warning to Judah telling the people not to go to Gilgal or Beth Aven where false worship had been established by Israel. Hosea says not make careless oaths in God's name, and not to misuse God's name.
4v16-19
The people of Israel are stubborn like a young cow so God will feed them like lambs in the country. Israel has chose to worship false gods, so God will let them. When they've finished drinking, had sex with prostitutes, and they love their disgraceful ways, they will be swept away by whirlwinds and sacrifices will bring them shame, not blessings.
Application of chapter 4
God's reading out like a list of Israel's sins here, and everything they've done wrong right? We'd have that too, if we weren't christians. we'd have a million sins next to our names. THANK GOODNESS GOD IS MERCIFUL. he's forgotten, he's wiped us clean :)
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