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Texts -- Hosea 13:2 (NET)

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13:2 Even now they persist in sin ! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver ; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen ! There is a saying about them : “Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers !”

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  • Hos 13:1-3 -- Baal Worshipers and Calf Worshipers to be Destroyed

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  • Joel called on four different entities to mourn the results of the locust invasion: drunkards (vv. 5-7), the land (vv. 8-10), farmers (vv. 11-12), and priests (v. 13). In each section there is a call to mourn followed by reas...
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