“Oh, how can I give you up, Israel? How can I let you go? How can I destroy you like Admah or demolish you like Zeboiim? My heart is torn within me, and my compassion overflows.”
Key Phrases to Highlight
Key Verse: Hosea 11:8 – “Oh, how can I give you up, Israel? How can I let you go? How can I destroy you like Admah or demolish you like Zeboiim? My heart is torn within me, and my compassion overflows.”
Hosea 11:1-2 – “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt. But the more I called to him, the farther he moved from me,”
Hosea 11:3 – “I myself taught Israel how to walk,”
Hosea 11:4 – “I led Israel along with my ropes of kindness and love.”
Hosea 11:5 – (highlight all)
Hosea 11:9 – “No, I will not unleash my fierce anger. I will not completely destroy Israel,”
Hosea 11:10 – “someday the people will follow me.”
Hosea 11:11 – “And I will bring them home again,”
Notes to Write in the Margin
Hosea 11:1-4 – God portrays himself as a patient, gentle father, raising Israel as a child.
Hosea 11:5 - Prophecy
Hosea 11:8 – God’s covenant love (Hebrew, hesed), makes it impossible for him to destroy them.
Hosea 11:8 – Emotional climax of the book
Hosea 11:11 – Promise of future restoration (see v. 4)
Cross Reference
Hosea 11:1 (Out of Egypt) – See Matthew 2:15 – they stayed there until Herod’s death. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “I called my Son out of Egypt.”
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