| GO! HOSEA FLIRTED?
HOSEA FED TO GIRL LAGER THIEF DO SO? IF HARLOT SEE GOD OH, FORGETS IDEAL GOD LOST A HEIFER FOR GOD AILS THEE GOD IS OFT HEALER EITHER OF SO GLAD RIG HEATED FOOLS REGAL FOES DO HIT HOSEA TOLD GRIEF FOOL SAGE DITHER SEE OLD TORAH FIG GO FRET. HIDE ALSO. I, SOFT HEALER GOD OH! OLD EAST GRIEF FORGETS HALO? DIE! GOD'S HEALER OF IT GET FLORID, HOSEA |
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(2:8,14,15) (2:9) (3:1-3) (4:6) (4:16) (5:13) (6:1) (7:3) (7:4-8) (8:10) (9) (9:7) (9:10) (10:8) (11:1,3) (12:1) (13:1) (14:4) (14:5-7) |
Lord commanded: Go, take whore to wife
simile of idolatry and redemption God taketh away wine as a thief in the night drunken adulteress looks to other gods people forget the law of god Ephraim backslides into idolatry princes of Israel made sick for iniquities God tears, then heals, smites, then binds up kings glad at wickedness, princes at lies Ephraim's adulteration, oven simile Ephraim sorrows under king-prince's burdern foretells Israel's distress in captivity confusion at the hands of Egypt predicted Israel's forefathers likened to fig tree idolaters say to mountains "Cover us" God had soft spot, healed young Ephraim Ephraim's foolish covenants with Assyrians Ephraim was exalted in humility, died in sin healing of Israel's backsliding rich imagery (lilies and other plants) |