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Then the Lord said to him:

Name him Jezreel, for in a little while
I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel
on the house of Jehu
and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Verse ConceptsGod Naming PeoplePeople EndedDeposingKilling Many People

But I will have compassion on the house of Judah,
and I will deliver them by the Lord their God.
I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war,
or by horses and cavalry.

Verse ConceptsGod, Compassion OfUnreliabilityGod Saves The NeedyGod Will Show MercySalvation By Other ThingsTrust In RelationshipsPatience In Relationshipspity

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them;
she will seek them but not find them.
Then she will think,
“I will go back to my former husband,
for then it was better for me than now.”

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Between God And His PeopleUnion With Christ, Nature OfOvertakingNot FindingPersonal GoodSeeking But Not Finding PeopleFinding Lovelovers

And I will punish her for the days of the Baals
when she burned incense to them,
put on her rings and jewelry,
and went after her lovers,
but forgot Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Verse ConceptsForgettingOrnamentsPast, TheRingsWearing Jewellery

But let no one dispute; let no one argue,
for My case is against you priests.

Verse ConceptsAvoid Quarrelsstrivingaccusationspriests

They will eat but not be satisfied;
they will be promiscuous but not multiply.
For they have abandoned their devotion to the Lord.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesemptinessFamine ComingNumbers ReducingFamine Will Come

They go with their flocks and herds
to seek the Lord
but do not find Him;
He has withdrawn from them.

Verse Conceptsethics, incentives towardsLonelinessSin, Effects OfReprobatesNot FindingGod Hiding

When Ephraim saw his sickness
and Judah his wound,
Ephraim went to Assyria
and sent a delegation to the great king.
But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

Verse ConceptsUnreliabilityFalse ConfidenceTrusting In Man, Warnings AgainstGentile RulersNo HealingHealing Cancer

Foreigners consume his strength,
but he does not notice.
Even his hair is streaked with gray,
but he does not notice.

Verse ConceptsForeignersFalse ConfidenceHairsGreyIgnorance Of EvilIgnorant Of FactsAliensHair

They turn, but not to what is above;
they are like a faulty bow.
Their leaders will fall by the sword
because of the cursing of their tongue.
They will be ridiculed for this in the land of Egypt.

Verse ConceptsFaultsBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfRidicule, Nature OfAccuracyKilled With The Sword

Put the horn to your mouth!
One like an eagle comes
against the house of the Lord,
because they transgress My covenant
and rebel against My law.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of GodTrumpetWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsEaglesTrumpets For SignallingBreaking The CovenantBreaking God's Law

They have installed kings,
but not through Me.
They have appointed leaders,
but without My approval.
They make their silver and gold
into idols for themselves
for their own destruction.

Verse ConceptsGold

For they have gone up to Assyria
like a wild donkey going off on its own.
Ephraim has paid for love.

Verse ConceptsActing AloneWild DonkeysNorthern Kingdom Of Israel

I discovered Israel
like grapes in the wilderness.
I saw your fathers
like the first fruit of the fig tree in its first season.
But they went to Baal-peor,
consecrated themselves to Shame,
and became detestable,
like the thing they loved.

Verse ConceptsFig treeBaal Worship, HistoryGrapesBaal Worship, Nature OfAbominations, Idolatry IsDisgustFirst ActionsFinding PeopleThings Like PeopleLoving EvilPotential Of Fruit

I will discipline them at My discretion;
nations will be gathered against them
to put them in bondage
for their two crimes.

Verse ConceptsChastisementPeople OpposedTwo Intangible Things

Ephraim is a well-trained calf
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on her fine neck.
I will harness Ephraim;
Judah will plow;
Jacob will do the final plowing.

Verse ConceptsThreshingYokesHeifersMetaphorical PloughingNorthern Kingdom Of Israeltrainingbackstabbing

It was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
taking them in My arms,
but they never knew that I healed them.

Verse ConceptsArmsEmbracingGod TeachingGod HealsGod's Healing Love

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
he was exalted in Israel.
But he incurred guilt through Baal and died.

Verse ConceptsBaal Worship, HistoryTremblingSpiritually DeadFollowers Of Baal

I have been Yahweh your God
ever since the land of Egypt;
you know no God but Me,
and no Savior exists besides Me.

Verse ConceptsGod, As SaviorGod, As RedeemerFreedom, Acts Of In OtNo Other Is GodNo Other Acts Like GodI Will Be Their God

I will destroy you, Israel;
you have no help but Me.

Verse ConceptsHelpfulnessFruits Of SinNo Helpisrael

Let whoever is wise understand these things,
and whoever is insightful recognize them.
For the ways of the Lord are right,
and the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them.

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfOrthodoxy, In OtRighteousness, Of BelieversStumblingWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Human NatureDownfallValuing KnowledgeDiscernment