Hosea 13:9

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Summary

Hosea 13:9

O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help.

Thou

But

Bible References

Thou

"Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have fallen due to your own iniquity.

This happened because the Israelis had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt and from the domination of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, because they were fearing other gods,

Whoever commits adultery with a woman is out of his mind; by doing so he corrupts his own soul.

But whoever sins against me destroys himself; everyone who hates me loves death."

"The expressions on their faces give them away. They parade their sin around like Sodom; they don't even try to hide it. How horrible it will be for them, because they have brought disaster on themselves!"

You have done this to yourselves, have you not, by forsaking the LORD your God, when he is the one who led you on the way?

"Your lifestyles and your actions have brought these things on you. This is your calamity it is indeed bitter, for it has reached your heart!"

Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have held back from you what is good.

"And now, go ahead and implore God by saying, "Be gracious to us.' Will he receive you favorably and accept offerings like that from your hand?" asks the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.

But

"I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you have known no god except for me, because except for me there is no savior.

"There is no one like the God of Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens with its lofty clouds to help you.

We wait on the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

God is our refuge and strength, a great help in times of distress.

I lift up my eyes toward the mountains from where will my help come?

Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah! He has blessed us in the Messiah with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realm,

After all, we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, and misled. We were slaves to many kinds of lusts and pleasures, spending our days in malice and jealousy. We were despised, and we hated one another.