Hosea 9:1-17 They Have Deeply Corrupted Themselves

 

They Have Deeply Corrupted Themselves

Hosea 9:1-17                              The Book of Hosea [in Smaller Chunks]

O Israel, [don't] rejoice for joy, [like] other people. For you have gone [unfaithfully like a harlot] from your God. You [have] loved a reward, [a.k.a. a harlot's payment] on every corn floor.

[Hosea 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall [be fearful,] because of the [gold] calves of Beth Aven. For the people [there] shall mourn over it, & [its] priests, [who] rejoiced [about] it, for [its] glory. Because [its glory has] departed from it.]

The [threshing] floor & the wine press, shall not feed them. And the new wine shall fail in [Israel.] They shall not dwell in the Lord's land. But Ephraim shall return to Egypt, & they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

[Ezekiel 4:14 I then said, Ah, Lord God: [See,] my soul hasn't been [defiled.] from my youth up, even [until] now, I haven't eaten [what] dies of itself, or is torn in pieces. Neither has abominable flesh [entered] into my mouth.]

They shall not offer wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing to Him. Their sacrifices shall be to them, [like] the bread of mourners. All, [who] eat [of it] shall be [defiled.] For the bread for their [souls] shall not come into the [Lord's] house.

[Leviticus 17:11-12 For the life of the flesh is in the blood. And I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for the soul. Therefore, I said to the children [people] of Israel, No, [person] of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that [temporarily stays] among you, eat [meat with the] blood.]

What will you do [on] the solemn day, & on the feast day of the Lord? For, [look] [if] [they] are gone, because of [the] destruction, Egypt shall gather them up, & Memphis shall bury them.

The pleasant places for their silver, in their tents, shall [now] be [possessed] by [sticker bushes] & thorns. The days of visitation, [a.k.a. punishment, have] come & Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool & the spiritual man is [insane because of] the multitude of your: [sins] & great hatred.

[Jeremiah 23:25-27 I have heard what the prophets said, [who] prophesy lies in My Name, saying, I have dreamed. I have dreamed. How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets, [who] prophesy lies?

[Yes,] they are prophets of the deceit [in] their own heart. [Those,] [who] think to cause My people to forget My Name, by their dreams [that] every man [tells] to his neighbor. Their fathers have forgotten My Name, [instead] for Baal.]

The watchman, [a.k.a guard] of Ephraim was with my God. [Ezekiel 33:7 O son of man, I have [put] you [like a] watchman, [for] the house of Israel. Therefore, you shall hear the [Words] at My mouth, & warn them [for] Me.]

But in all his ways, the prophet is [like] a snare for a [bird trapper,] & [causes] hatred in the house of his God. [The prophets] have deeply corrupted themselves, [like during] the days of Gibeah. Therefore, He will remember their [sinfulness] & He will visit, [a.k.a. punish] their sins.

[Judges 20:5-6 And the men of Gibeah rose [up] against me, & [surrounded] the house & [came] upon me by night & thought to [kill] me. And they have forced my [mistress] & she is dead.

And I took my [mistress] & cut her in pieces, & sent her throughout the country of [Israel's] inheritance. For they have committed [what is] [lewd & foolish] in Israel.]

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your [forefathers like] the first ripe [fruit] in the fig tree, [in its] 1st [season.] But they went to Baal Peor & separated themselves to [to do what is] [shameful] & their abominations were  according [to] as [many as] they loved.

[Jeremiah 11:10-13 They [have] turned back to the [sins] of their forefathers, [who] refused to hear My Words. And they went after other gods to serve them. The [houses] of: Israel & Judah have broken My covenant [contract, that] I made with their fathers.

Therefore, the Lord says [this, Look,] I will bring [calamity] upon them, [that] they shall not be able to escape. And [although] they shall cry [out] to Me, I will not [pay attention] to them. Then, the cities of Judah & the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall go & cry [out] to the gods, to whom they offer incense.

But they shall not save them at all [on their] day of trouble. Your gods were: according to the number of your cities, O Judah, & you have [put] up altars, according to the number of [Jerusalem's] streets, to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal.]

As for Ephraim, from conception, & birth from the womb, their glory shall fly away like a bird. [Although] they bring up their children, [still] I will [deprive them] [of loved ones,] [so] that there shall not be a man left. [Yes,] also [distress] to [those,] when I depart from them!

Ephraim, [like] I saw Tyrus, [a.k.a. Tyre,] is [also] planted in a pleasant place. But Ephraim shall [deliver] his children to the murderer. [Psalm 106:34-38 They didn't destroy the nations, [about] whom the Lord commanded them; but were [mixed] among the heathen, & learned their works.

And they served their idols: which were a snare to them. [Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & daughters to [demons.] And shed [the] blood [of the] innocent, even the blood of their sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. And the land was [defiled] with [bloodshed.]

O Lord, give [to] them…what will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb & dry breasts. [Luke 23:29 For, [watch,] the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, & the wombs that never [bore,] & the [breasts that] never [nursed.]

All their wickedness is in Gilgal, for [that's where] I hated them. [Because of] the wickedness of their [actions,] I will drive them out [from My] house. I will no [longer] love them. All their princes are revolters. [Isaiah 1:21-23 How the faithful city [has] become [a] harlot.

It was full of [justice] & righteousness [stayed] in it; but now murderers. Your silver [has] become [scum] & your wine is mixed with water. Your princes are rebellious, & companions of thieves. Everyone loves gifts, [a.k.a. bribes,] & follows after rewards. They [don't] judge the fatherless, & neither [does] the [case] of the widow come to them.]

Ephraim is [struck] & their root is dried up. They shall [deliver] no fruit, [a.k.a. offspring.] [Yes,] though they [deliver,] I will [still] slay, even the beloved fruit of their womb.

[Mark 7:6-7 *He answered & said to them, [Isaiah] has prophesied well of you hypocrites, [like] it is written, This people honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. [However] they worship Me in vain, teaching [like] doctrines, the commandments of men.]

My God will cast them away, because they didn't [pay attention] to Him. And they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Hosea 8:1-14 About Those Who Worship the Calf Idol in Samaria

 

About Those Who Worship the Calf Idol in Samaria

Hosea 8:1-14                               The Book of Hosea [in Smaller Chunks]

[Put] the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come [like] an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have [sinned] [against] My covenant [contract] & have [sinned] against My Law.

[Deuteronomy 28:49-51 The Lord shall bring a nation against you from far [away,] from the [ends] of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies. A nation whose [language] you shall not understand. A nation of fierce [looking faces, who] don't regard, [a.k.a. respect] the [elderly,] nor [show] favor to the young.

And he shall eat the fruit, [a.k.a. offspring,] of your [livestock,] & the fruit [produced by] your land, until you [are] destroyed. Also, [who] shall not leave you either: [grain;] wine; oil, or the increase of your [cattle,] or your flocks of your sheep, until he [has] destroyed you.]

Israel shall cry [out] to Me, My God, we know you. [Titus 1:16 They profess that they know God; but they deny Him [by] abominable works, [a.k.a. deeds,] & being disobedient, & [morally corrupt toward] every good work.]

Israel shas cast off the thing that is good & the enemy shall pursue him. [Romans 12:2 And [don't conform, a.k.a. act according to,] this world: but you be transformed, [a.k.a. changed,] by the renewing of your mind, [so] that you may prove what is that: good, acceptable, & perfect will of God.]

They have [established] kings, but not by Me. They have made princes, & I [didn't] know it. They have made [themselves] idols [from] their silver & gold, [so] that they may be cut off.

[1 Kings 12:27-30 If this people go up to sacrifice in the [Lord's] house [in] Jerusalem, then the heart of this people shall [return] again to their lord, even to Rehoboam, [Judah's] king. And they shall kill me, & go again to Rehoboam, [Judah's] king.

[Upon which,] king [Jeroboam] [got advice] & made 2 calves of gold, & said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem, [to sacrifice.] [See,] your gods, O Israel, [that] brought you up, out of the land of Egypt. And he [put] 1 in Beth El, [a.k.a. Beth Aven,] & he put the other in Dan. And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the 1, even to Dan.]

O Samaria, your calf has cast you off. [My] anger has [grown] against them. How long will it be [until] they attain [innocence, a.k.a. purity]? For it was from Israel & also the workman made it. Therefore, it is not God. But the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.

For they have sown [what is nothing, only] wind & they shall reap, [a.k.a. harvest,] the whirlwind. It has no stalk, & [its] bud [doesn't produce flour.] If it [did produce,] the strangers [would] swallow it up. [Job 4:8 Even [like] I have seen, [those who] plow [what is] [sinful,] & sow wickedness, reap the same.]

Israel is swallowed up & now they shall be among the Gentiles, [like] a vessel [in which there] is no pleasure. [Jeremiah 22:28 Is this man, Coniah, [a.k.a Jeconiah,] a despised broken idol? Is he a vessel [in which] is no pleasure? [For this reason] they are cast out, he & his seed, [a.k.a offspring,] are cast into a land [that] they don't know?]

For they [have] gone up to Assyria, [like] a wild [mule,] alone by himself. Ephraim has hired lovers. [Jeremiah 16:10-11 And it shall [happen,] when you shall [declare] all these Words [to these] people, & they shall say to you, [For what reason has] the Lord pronounced all this great [disaster] against us? Or what is our iniquity?

Or what is our sin that we have committed against the Lord our God? Then, you shall say to them, Because your [forefathers] have [abandoned] Me, says the Lord, & have [followed] after other gods, & have served them, & worshiped them. And [they] have [abandoned] Me & haven't kept My Law.]

[Yes, although] they have hired among the nations, I will now gather them & they shall [be sorrowful] a little, for the burden of the king of princes. [2 Kings 17:3-4 Shalmaneser, [Assyria's] king, came up against [Ahaz] & Hoshea, [a.k.a. Hosea,] became his servant & gave him presents, [a.k.a tribute money or taxes.]

And the king of Assyria, found conspiracy in [Hosea: because] he had sent messengers to So, [Egypt's] king, & no [longer] brought [presents] to [Assyria's] king, [like] he had done year by year. Therefore, [Assyria's] king, shut [Hosea] up & [chained] him in prison.]

Because Ephraim has made many altars [for] sin, altars shall be [sinful] to him. [Psalm 106:36-39 And they served their idols; [that] were a snare to them. [Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & daughters to [demons.] And shed [the] blood [of the] innocent, even the blood of their sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. And the land was [defiled] with [bloodshed.]

I have written the great things [about] My Law to him, but they were [considered like] a strange thing. They sacrifice [meat] for the sacrifices of [My] offerings, & eat it. But the Lord [doesn't] accept them. He will now remember their [sinfulness,] & visit, [a.k.a. punish,] their sins & they shall return to Egypt.

[Deuteronomy 28:68 And the Lord shall bring you into Egypt again, [by] ships, & by the way [of which] I [said] to you, You shall no [longer] see it again. And you shall be sold there to your enemies for [male & female slaves,] but no man shall buy you.]

For Israel has forgotten his Maker, & [builds] temples, & Judah has multiplied fenced cities. But I will send a fire upon his cities, & it shall devour [its] palaces.

[Jeremiah 2:28 But where are your gods that you [have] made [yourselves?] For according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah. Let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble.]

Hosea 7:1-16 Comparing a Gang of Robbers to a Baker of Bread

 

Comparing a Gang of Robbers to a Baker of Bread

Hosea 7:1-16                               The Book of Hosea [in Smaller Chunks]

When I would have healed Israel, then, the [sin] of Ephraim & the wickedness of Samaria was discovered, for they committed [what was] falsehood. And the thief came in & the [mob] of robbers [plundered outside.]

[2 Kings 24:11-13 And Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came against [Jerusalem] & his servants [surrounded] it. And Jehoiachin, [Judah's] king, & his: mother; servants; princes; & officers; went out to [Babylon's] king. And [Babylon's] king [captured] him, [during] the 8th year [he ruled.]

And he carried out [from] [there] all the treasures of the [Lord's] house, & the treasures of the king's house. And cut in pieces all the gold vessels Solomon, [Israel's] king, had made, [like] the Lord had said, [that were] in the [Lord's] temple.]

And they [didn't] consider [within] their hearts, that I remember all their wickedness. Now, their own [actions] have [surrounded around] them, & they are [in front of] My face.

With their wickedness, they make the king glad, & the princes [glad] with their lies. They are all adulterers, [like] an oven [to be] heated by the baker & after he's kneaded the dough until it's leavened, [he forgets about the oven needed to bake the raised dough.]

[On] the day of our king, the princes have made [the king] sick [as] he stretched out his hand [for] bottles of wine, [along with those, who look down on others.]

[Isaiah 28:1 Woe to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is the crown of pride, a fading flower, [that] are on the head, [a.k.a. top] of [rich] valleys, of [those, who] are overcome with wine!]

For they have made their [hearts] ready like an oven, & their baker sleeps all the night, [while] they lie in wait, [to ambush.] In the morning, [the oven] burns [like] a flaming fire.

They are all hot [headed] [like] an oven, & have devoured their judges, & all their kings are fallen, & there [are] none among them, [who] call to Me. Ephraim has mixed himself among the people, [like a cake is mixed.] Ephraim is a cake [half baked, that hasn't been] turned [back again.]

[Psalm 106:34-39 They didn't destroy the nations, [about] whom the Lord commanded them, but were [mixed] among the heathen, & learned their works. And they served their idols: [that] were a snare to them. [Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & their daughters to [demons.]

And shed [the] blood [of the] innocent, even the blood of their sons & daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. And the land was [defiled] with [bloodshed.] [Like this,] they were defiled with their own [deeds] & went [like an unfaithful harlot,] with their own inventions.]

Strangers have devoured his strength, & he [doesn't] know it. [Yes,] [his] gray hairs are here & there upon him, [still] he [doesn't] know. And the pride of Israel [is] [testified by] his face. And they don't return to the Lord their God, nor [do] they seek Him [about] all this.

[Isaiah 45:20 Assemble yourselves, & come. Draw [close] together, you [who have] escaped [from] the nations. They have no knowledge that [put] the wood of their [carved] image up, & pray to a god that can't save.]

Ephraim also is without a heart, like a silly dove. They call [out] to Egypt, & they go to Assyria. [Isaiah 36:6 [Look,] you, [who] trust in the staff, [a.k.a. walking stick,] of this broken reed, [from] Egypt; [upon which] if a man [leans;] it will [split &] go into his hand, & pierce it. So is Pharaoh, [Egypt's] king, to all, [who] trust in him.]

When they shall go, I will spread [out] My net upon them. I will bring them down, [like] the [birds] of heaven. I will chastise them, [like] their congregation has heard.

Woe to them. For they have fled from Me. Destruction [is] [for] them! Because they have [sinned] against Me, [although] I have redeemed them. [Still,] they have spoken lies against Me.

[Micah 6:3-4 O My people, what have I done to you? And [in what] have I [tired] you? Testify against Me. For I brought you up, out of the land of Egypt, & redeemed you [from] the [servants'] house & I sent Moses, Aaron, & Miram, [in front of] you.]

And they haven't cried [out] to Me with [all] their [hearts,] when they howled upon their beds. They assemble themselves to [get:] [grain] & wine, & they rebel against Me.

[Deuteronomy 32:36-38 For the Lord shall judge His people, & Himself [grieved] for His servants, when He sees that their power is gone, & there [are] none shut up, or left.

And He shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, [that ate] the fat of their sacrifices & drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up & help you, & be your protection.]

[Although] I have [bandaged] & strengthened their arms, [still] they imagine  [plots] against Me. They return, but not to the Most High. They are like a deceitful bow, [a.k.a. a bow that looks dependable, but its arrows go astray.] Their princes shall fall by the sword, [because of] the rage of their [mouths.] This shall [cause] their [ridicule] in the land of Egypt.

Hosea 6:1-11 Ephraim & Judah Talk About Returning to the Lord to be Healed

 

Ephraim & Judah Talk About Returning to the Lord to be Healed

Hosea 6:1-11                      The Book of Hosea [in Smaller Chunks]

Come, & let us return to the Lord: for He has torn [us,] & He will heal us. He has [struck] [us] & He will [bandage] us up. After 2 days, He will revive us. [Deuteronomy 32:36-40 For the Lord shall judge His people, & Himself [grieve] for His servants, when He sees that their power is gone & there [are] none shut up, or left.

And He shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in [which] they trusted, [that ate] the fat of their sacrifices & drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up & help you & be your protection.

See, now, that I, even I, Am He, & there is no god with Me. I kill, & I make alive. I wound, & I heal. Neither is there any, [who] can deliver out of My hand. For I lift up My hand to heaven & say, I Live forever.]

[On] the 3rd day, [like when He arose,] He will raise us up, & we shall live in His sight. [Ephesians 2:4-6 But God, Who is rich in mercy, [because of] His great love, [with which] He loved us, Even when we were dead [through our] sins, has [given life to] us together with Christ, & (by grace you are saved;) & has raised us up together & made us, sit together in heavenly places [with] Christ Jesus.]

Then, we shall know, if we [continue to] follow & to know the Lord. His going [out] is [planned, like] the morning, & He shall come to us, [like] the rain & [like] the latter & [previous] rain, to the earth.

[John 6:38-40 For I came down from heaven, not to do [My] Own will, but the will of Him, [Who] sent Me. And this is the Father's will, [Who] has sent Me, that all, [whom] He has given Me, I should lose [none,] but should raise it up again [on] the Last Day.

And this is the will of Him, [Who] sent Me, [so] that everyone, [who] sees the Son, & believes [in] Him, may have everlasting life. And I will raise him up [on] the Last Day.]

O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your [faithfulness] is [like] a morning cloud, & [like] the early dew [that] goes away. Therefore, I have [cut ] them [down to size] by the prophets.  And by the Words of My mouth, I have [told] them [of their death.]

[Revelation 22:12-15 *And [watch,] I come quickly; & My reward is with Me & shall be to give every man according [like] his [deeds.] I Am [the] Alpha & Omega, The Beginning & the End, the First & the Last.

Blessed are [those, who] do His commandments, [so] that they may have right to the Tree of Life, & may enter in through the gates into the city. For [outside] are: dogs; sorcerers; [sexual traffickers;] murderers, idolaters; & [whoever] loves & makes [up lies.]

[Still,] Your judgments are [like] the light that goes [out.] [1 John 1:7 But if we [follow] in the LIght, [like] He is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, & the blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanses us from all sin.]

For I desired mercy & not [sacrifices] & [I desired] the knowledge of God, more than burnt offerings. For they have [sinned] against the covenant [contract] like men. They have [behaved] treacherously against Me there. [Ezekiel 23:37-39 They have committed adultery, & blood is [on] their hands.

And they have committed adultery with their idols. And have also caused their sons, whom they [bore] to Me, to pass through the fire, to devour them, for [idols.]

[Additionally,] they have done this to Me. They have defiled My sanctuary, [on] the same day, & have profaned My Sabbaths. For when they had [sacrificed] their children to their idols, then they came the same day into My sanctuary to profane it. And, [look,] they have done [this] in the midst of [My] house.]

Gilead is a city [for those, who] work [sinfully] & are [defiled] with [bloodshed.] [Isaiah 1:21 How the faithful city [has] become [a] harlot! It was full of [justice] & righteousness [stayed] in it; but now murderers.]

And [like mobs] of robbers wait for a man, [to ambush,] so [does] the company of priests murder [on] the [road in agreement,] for they commit [what is] lewdness.

I have seen [a] horrible thing in the house of Israel. The [unfaithful harlotry] of Ephraim is there & Israel is defiled. O Judah, He has also [arranged] a harvest for you, [for] when I [return] My people [from] captivity.

[Zechariah 8:7-8 The Lord of Hosts says [this; Watch,] I will save My people from the East & West [countries.] And I will bring them, & they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. And they shall be My people, & I will be their God, in Truth & in Righteousness.]