COMMENTARY:
: 1 When Israel was a child, then I LOVED him, and called MY SON out of Egypt. (7121 “called” [qara’] means to shout, appoint, summon, proclaim, announce, invite, or utter a loud sound.)
DEVOTION: Matthew in his Gospel [2:15] quotes this verse in reference to Jesus. An angel told Joseph to go to … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. (2505 “divided” [chalaq] means smooth, slippery, plunder, false, deceitful, or flatter.)
DEVOTION: There are two sides to a coin. We call them heads or tails. We sometimes can’t make a … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for you have gone whoring from your God, you have loved a reward upon every cornfloor. (868 “reward” [ethnan] means hire of a prostitute, price, gain of a harlot, gift or profession of a prostitute.)
DEVOTION: There is a time for everything under … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 1 Set the trumpet to your mouth. HE shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, BECAUSE they have transgressed MY covenant, and trespassed against MY law. (1285 “covenant” [bariyth] means eat together, league, confederacy, alliance, pledge, treaty, constitution, ordinance, or alliance.)
DEVOTION: In a marriage we pledge … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 They do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness; now their own doings have beset them; they are before My face. (4141 “beset” [muwcab] means encompassing, surrounding, to go in a circle, surround, or encircle.)
DEVOTION: I tell people I have a good memory it is just short. … Read More
COMMENTARY:
: 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. (2416 “revive” [chay] means life, live, renewal, to recover health, preserve, keep alive, cause to flourish or nurture.
DEVOTION: When children are given a punishment of a week without out … Read More
COMMENTARY
: 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from ME: for now, O Ephraim, you commit whoredom, and Israel is defiled. (3582 “hid” [kachad] means cut off, conceal, desolate, make disappear, or unknowable to.)
DEVOTION: We have all at one time played the game hide and seek. It is done with … Read More
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