Hosea 8:2

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Hosea 8:2

Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee.

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I will go away and return to My place
Until they

acknowledge their guilt and seek My face;

In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.

Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me!

Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!
I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me.

He said, “Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord.” So he made him ride in his chariot.

When He killed them, then they sought Him,
And returned and searched diligently for God;

“Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel
And who came forth from the

loins of Judah,

Who swear by the name of the Lord
And invoke the God of Israel,
But not in truth nor in righteousness.

Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, ‘This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord.’

Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe,
Her priests instruct for a price
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the Lord saying,
“Is not the Lord in our midst?
Calamity will not come upon us.”

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

Later the other virgins also came, saying, ‘Lord, lord, open up for us.’

Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up to us!’ then He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’

They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed.

The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him;