COMMENTARY:
: 1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. (7379 “controversy” [riyb] means cause, strife, dispute, quarrel, case at law, contention, lawsuit, or legal dispute.)… Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine (157 “love” [ahab] means desire, to breath after, to be inclined, to delight … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 7 She will chase her lovers, But not overtake them; Yes, she will seek them, but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband, for then it was better for me than now.
DEVOTION: Too often we are prone to wander. There are many songs that … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea, And the LORD said to Hosea, Go take to you’re a wife of whoredoms, for the land has committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD. (2183 “whoredoms” [zanuum] means adultery, fornications, prostitution, idolatry, commerce, or the figurative extension of an illicit relationship … Read More