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A detailed exposition of Hosea 11, a chapter that shows God's tender love and strict hand towards Israel. Learn how God taught, drew, fed, and chastened His people, and how He expressed His sympathy and mercy in the midst of judgment.
A study guide for Hosea 11 that explores God's tender love and strict hand towards Israel. Learn how God taught, drew, and fed Israel, and how He expressed His sympathy and justice in the midst of their backsliding.
Verse by Verse Commentary. 1. When Israel was a child I loved him – God uses the image of a father caring for his child to describe His relationship with Israel. “When Israel was a child” points at the time when they were young as a nation group.
Hosea 11. In this chapter we have, I. The great goodness of God towards his people Israel, and the great things he had done for them, ver 1, 3, 4. II. Their ungrateful conduct towards him, notwithstanding his favours towards them, ver 2-4, 7, 12. III.
Aug 4, 2019 · Hosea 11 depicts God’s compassion for God’s people despite their rejection. It offers a fresh take on the sometimes-stale metaphor of God as parent, and it daringly explores the possibility of divine emotion and even pain.
This prophetic announcement should have been expected from the inspired designation by the apostle Matthew of Hosea 11:1 as a prophecy pertaining to Jesus Christ himself.
Hosea 11:1 rests upon Exodus 4:22-23, where the Lord directs Moses to say to Pharaoh, "Israel is my first-born son; let my son go, that he may serve me." Israel was the son of Jehovah, by virtue of its election to be Jehovah's peculiar people (see at Exodus 4:22 ).
