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Galatians 6:7 warns, /"Be not deceive; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."/
This is a spiritual law, as constant as the Law of Gravity.
It is inescapable.
Neither individuals nor nations can escape the consequences of their actions.
We reap what we sow.
* We reap the fruit of what we sow
* We reap more than what we sow
* We reap in a different season than we sow
* We reap in proportion to what we have sown
Israel had been playing fast and loose with the laws of God.
As Hosea would later remark, the nation had /"sown the wind."/
Now she was to /"reap the whirlwind."/
She had prostituted herself to the false gods of the pagan nations.
She had abandoned God, now God was preparing to abandon her.
Hosea was assigned the heartbreaking task of preparing his nation for judgment.
But Hosea was not called to only preach a message.
He was also instructed to portray his message.
His home life was to mirror Israel’s unfaithful relationship to God.
It would be good at this point to say something of Hosea’s prophetic office and to examine the general principles that guide the interpretation of the prophetic literature in the Bible.
The Old Testament prophet was a preacher.
He often foretold of coming events, but his ministry was not restricted to making predictions.
* He expressed God’s will.
* He exposed the sins of the people to whom He was sent.
* He exhorted the faithful to remain faithful and the disobedient to turn from their sins and return to God.
In the course of his ministry, the prophet did make predictions.
He announced future judgments.
He predicted the rise and fall of nations.
He revealed details pertaining to the life and ministry of Messiah.
In studying these portions of the prophets’ message, we need to be guided by the following principles:
* The passage is to be interpreted /literally/, in that the predicted event will occur precisely as predicted.
* Although the passage is interpreted literally, it is understood that the prophets often used figurative language.
* They used symbols and spoke in word pictures common to their day to describe future events.
* They used figures of speech and often included elements of poetry.
* The historical context, references to geographic locations, and the meaning of proper names must be considered in order to arrive at a proper interpretation.
In the study of this passage, each of these principles is demonstrated.
It is rich in symbolism and figurative language.
God Himself calls attention to names, places, and historical events.
It is a great portion of Scripture for learning how to study the prophetic literature of the Bible.
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The Prophet’s Children (Verse 2, ff)
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Hosea was informed that not only would his wife be unfaithful, but that at least some of his children would be born of her unfaithfulness.
They are called /"children of whoredoms."/
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Hosea was apparently the father of only one of his children.
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Verse 3 records that Gomer /conceived, and bare HIM a son/.
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Verses 6 and 8 only record that Gomer conceived and bore children.
The personal pronoun "him" is missing in each of these two instances.
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Also, the names (which will be discussed under the next point) also point to the illegitimacy of Lo-ruhamah and Lo-ammi.
Hosea’s family was a picture of Israel’s unfaithfulness to God.
Gomer’s adulterous affairs were the spiritual equivalent of Israel’s attitude towards God.
READ Jeremiah 3:6-13; Ezekiel 23:1-7
Israel wanted the best of both worlds.
While maintaining an outward devotion to the LORD to secure His blessings, they also served and worshipped idols.
With their lips, they professed to be the people of God while giving their affections to idols.
In this way, they polluted the land with the spiritual "offspring" of their idolatrous worship.
Like God, Hosea had to bear the shame of this kind of relationship.
We can well imagine him pleading with Gomer, as first one, and then another illegitimate child is born, to abandon her adulterous ways and be faithful to him.
In so doing, he became a vivid picture to Israel of their own unfaithfulness to God and His great love for them.
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Old Testament names often have specific, divinely inspired meanings.
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God changed Abram’s name to /Abraham/, which means, "/Father of a Multitude./"
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Jacob’s name was changed to /Israel//,/ which means, "/A Prince of God./"
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Isaiah had a son named /Shear-jashub/, which means, "/A remnant shall return./"
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God instructed Hosea to give his children names that would convey a message to the Northern Kingdom.
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Jezreel means /God Scatters/, or /God Sows/, a warning of God’s plan to scatter Israel among the pagan nations as a result of the Assyrian conquest.
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Lo-ruhamah means /Without Mercy/, or /Without Pity/, telling Israel that God would judge them without mercy.
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Lo-ammi means /Not My People/, revealing that God would treat the Jews like any other nation instead of as the apple of His eye.
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The Punishment of Israel
#. *The significance of Jezreel – verses 4-5*
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The sins of Ahab
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When Ahab ascended to the throne, sin and corruption in Israel hit new lows.
READ 1 KINGS 16:30-33.
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Among Ahab’s many sin was that associated with the vineyard of Naboth in Jezreel.
* Naboth refused to sell the vineyard to the King.
* Ahab’s wife, Jezebel, had Naboth falsely accused of blaspheme.
Naboth was then stoned, and Ahab took possession of the vineyard.
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This sin, added to all the others indulged in by Ahab, provoked a sever judgment.
God promised to wipe out Ahab’s descendants.
SEE 1 KINGS 21:17-29
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The selection of Jehu – READ 2 KINGS 9:4-10
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Jehu was anointed to replace Joram, Ahab’s son, as king of Israel and carry out the judgment against Ahab’s house prophesied by Elijah.
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As prophesied, Jehu killed all Ahab’s descendents in Jezreel (2 Kings 10:11).
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He also attempted to purge the land of Baal worship (2 Kings 10:25-28).
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The sin of Jehu
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The Lord commended Jehu for his deeds, but the Bible records that Jehu /"took no heed to walk in the Law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart."/
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Neither Jehu nor his descendents learned from God’s judgment of Ahab.
They continued to support the sinful worship of the golden calves erected by Jeroboam I (2 Kings 10:31) and led their nation in idolatry and corruption.
When Hosea’s first son was born, God told him to call the boy Jezreel.
Two reasons are given for this:
* Because the house of Jehu would experience the same degree of judgment as did the house of Ahab.
The blood of Jezreel would be "avenged," or visited, upon his house.
* Because the /"bow of Israel," /her military might, would be completely broken in Jezreel and the Northern Kingdom would go into captivity.
Jeroboam II and the people of the Northern Kingdom heard the preaching of Hosea.
They had the opportunity to humble themselves before the Lord, confess and put away their sin, and avoid the judgment of God.
But the nation was prospering, and Hosea’s words fell on unresponsive hearts.
Consequently, Jeroboam’s posterity was destroyed.
The blood of Jezreel was avenged upon his house.
30 years later, Shalmaneser, King of Assyria, invaded Israel for the last time.
Israel was defeated, her people carried into captivity, and the land ‘sown" with captives from other nations.
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