4 pThen the offering of Judah and Jerusalem might be satisfying towards the Lord as in the days of old and as in previous decades. 5 “Then I'll attract close to for you for judgment. I will likely be qa swift witness against the sorcerers, towards the adulterers, towards individuals that swear falsely, from All those rwho oppress the employed e
i. A spectacular illustration of this is seen in the life in the 6 kings that adopted Jeroboam II over the time of Hosea’s ministry. Of Individuals 6 kings, four had been violently overthrown and just one died like a conquered exile in Assyria. i. crack the bow of Israel: “The bow was a image of electric power in daily when it absolutely was t
17 aBut in Mount Zion there shall be people who escape, and it shall be holy, band your house of Jacob shall possess their very own possessions. 18 cThe household of Jacob shall be a fire, and your home of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau dstubble; they shall burn them and consume them, eand there shall be no survivor for your home of Esau