Hosea 7:14

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Summary

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

They have not

Zechariah 7:5

When

Assemble

General references

Psalm 18:41

Psalm 78:34

Hosea 8:2

Bible References

They have not

"They cry out because they have many oppressors; they cry for help because the powerful are abusing them.

When he struck them, they sought him; they repented, and eagerly sought God.

Then the Lord said: "Because these people draw near with their mouths and honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, worship of me has become merely like rules taught by human beings.

Yet in all this her treacherous sister Judah didn't return to me with her whole heart, but rather deceptively," declares the LORD.

"Talk to everyone in the land, as well as to the priests. Ask them, "When you were fasting and mourning during the fifth and seventh months for the past seventy years, were you really fasting for me?

When

"Now therefore, what am I doing here," asks the LORD, "seeing that my people are taken away without cause? Those who rule over them are deluded," says the LORD, "and continuously, all the day long, my name is blasphemed.

My servants will sing in gladness of heart, but you'll cry for help from anguish of heart, and you'll howl from brokenness of spirit.

At that time," declares the Lord GOD, "the temple songs will be wailing. Many bodies will accumulate everywhere.

Now listen, you rich people! Cry and moan over the miseries that are overtaking you.

Assemble

Then the LORD told me: "Go love your wife again, even though she is being loved by another and is committing adultery. Love her the same way the LORD loves the people of Israel, even though they look to other gods and love raisin cakes."

They got up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings. Then the people sat down to eat and drink, and then they got up to play.

They went out into the fields, harvested their vineyards, made some wine, and threw a party. Then they went into the temple of their god, ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.

They lay down beside every altar, on garments pledged as collateral, drinking wine paid for through fines imposed by the temple of their gods.

Suppose a man who keeps company with a deceiving spirit prophesies like this: "Drink wine and strong drink!' Won't the people accept him as a prophet?"

because such people are not serving the Messiah our Lord, but their own desires. By their smooth talk and flattering words they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting.

Their destiny is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on worldly things.

You ask for something but do not get it because you ask for it for the wrong reason for your own pleasure.

General references

They cried out for deliverance, but there was no one to deliver; they cried out to the LORD, but he did not answer them.

When he struck them, they sought him; they repented, and eagerly sought God.

They cry out to me, "God, we of Israel acknowledge you.'