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Hosea 10 has
all of the conviction of Hosea 9 without the personal anger. While Hosea 9 called for a personalized
vengeance against a generation, Hosea 10 calls for a generic judgment because
of unrighteousness. Hosea 10 displays a
much clearer mind while removing a good portion of the human passion.
Take the
opening verses. Israel is called a vine
that bears fruit. However, the more
fruit they bore – the more prosperous their nation became – the more they
depended on themselves and became convinced of their own superiority. The more their county improved in status, the
more they built altars to their own greatness.
Hosea accuses the Hebrew people of reaping the generosity of God without
returning any of the praise that is deserved.
In another
sense of the calm sanity of this chapter, we even hear God’s perspective on the
kingdom of Israel. God reminds them that
they were beloved from the very beginning.
However, they loved to do their own thing. They were stubborn. They rebelled against God. Therefore, they would be delivered into a
yoke of bondage to help teach them.
Then the
Hebrew people are given great advice.
They are told to sow righteousness.
They are told to break the ground – a symbolic reference to their hearts
– that is fallow. They are told to look
to God. They are told to seek Him. They are told to chase righteousness. They are also told that the result of such
action would be steadfast love. To know
God’s love, all they need to do is repent.
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