Hosea 6:5: “For I desire mercy and not sacrifice and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.” “Action speaks louder than words, but nearly as often.” Mark Twain This is a very curious passage. On the surface this passage means exactly what it is saying: God would rather we show mercy or
Hosea 5:15; “I will go and return to my place until they acknowledge their offence and seek my face, in their affliction they will seek me early.” By my count, the Old Testament mentions that God will not forsake us twenty two times. Yet, from the way this passage is rendered, it sounds like
Hosea 4:6: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou has rejected knowledge, I will reject you, thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.” I consider these little studies a personal journey and not really teachings. I
Habakkuk 3:17-18: “Although the fig tree does not blossom neither shall fruit be on the vine, the labor of the olive shall fail and the field shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joyin the
Hosea 1:2 “The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.” Hosea lived about 100 years before Zephaniah and Nahum. He was a prophet
Hosea: 14:10: “He who is wise will consider these words; He who is prudent will take note of them. For the paths of the Lord are smooth; the righteous can walk on them But the sinners will stumble on them. There are four words in this verse that really stand out to me. They
Hosea 14:9: “Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.” The Talmud teaches that the Torah is comprised of two aspects – spirit and matter, revelation and concealment, the Tree of Life and the Tree of
Psalms 16:8: “I have set the Lord always before me because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” David gives us a startling revelation about his relationship with God. He is telling us that he sets the Lord always before him. The word set is shavah which is used in
Habakkuk 3:17-18: “Although the fig tree does not blossom neither shall fruit be on the vine, the labor of the olive shall fail and the field shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold and there shall be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord,
Proverbs 8:17: “I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.” This is a little odd in the Hebrew. I love them is in an imperfect form, hence it should correctly be rendered as I will love them. Of course no one will translate it that way for
