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Next, Hosea 9:10-14 –
Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel;
Like the very first-ripe fig on a fig tree I saw your fathers.
They came to Baal-peor and separated themselves
to a disgraceful thing – and they became detestable
like the thing they loved.
Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a [...]

Hosea’s Spiritual Pathology Report on Israel
In the first session we looked primarily at the political background to the book of Hosea, without spending much time at all on the spiritual setting to this prophecy, with the exception of a brief glance at chapters 1-3 where Hosea’s life, particularly his marriage, is presented [...]

Let’s begin with the man who delivers the bad news to Israel – Hosea himself. His name, you realize, is in essence the same as the name Joshua, whose name in turn is the same as that of Jesus. All mean something like “salvation.” Ironic, isn’t it?
His book of prophecy is delivered to [...]