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Text -- Hosea 8:9-14 (NET)
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The Willful Donkey and the Wanton Harlot
8:9 They have gone up to Assyria , like a wild donkey that wanders off . Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers .
8:10 Even though they have hired lovers among the nations , I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king .
Sacrifices Ineffective without Moral Obedience
8:11 Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning !
8:12 I spelled out my law for him in great detail , but they regard it as something totally unknown to them!
8:13 They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat , but the Lord does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing , he will punish their sins , and they will return to Egypt .
8:14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces , and Judah has built many fortified cities . But I will send fire on their cities ; it will consume their royal citadels .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Israel |
Idolatry |
Egypt |
Donkey |
Decalogue |
Altar |
Backsliders |
Ephraim |
Hypocrisy |
Table |
Word of God |
Offerings |
Lovers |
HOSHEA |
Forgetting God |
MOSES |
DEUTERONOMY |
FORTIFICATION; FORT; FORTIFIED CITIES; FORTRESS |
CRITICISM |
CALF, GOLDEN |
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