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Hosea 10:9-15

 It could have been so different for Israel.
Terrible judgement was on it's way because she had refused to learn from her past.


Just as in Hosea 9:9, what horrific incident is referred to again here in Hosea 10:9?

Now that the same things were happening again, God would have to send the army in once more.
But this time it was different.
How?


In verses 9-10, what is described as being the cause of all this trouble?


Over and over again in the Hebrew bible we're told about how God's people sow seeds of righteousness and reap the harvest of God's covenant love. But in verse 13 what are we told that people have 'planted' this time?


In God's eyes it is always better to be right than to be strong.

How do you see this playing out in verses 13-15?


What does Hosea say in verse 12 and how does it speak to us today?


[Activity] Read Revelation 6:12-17.
How does this passage pick up the same themes from Hosea 10:8?
What terrible and terrifying scene does John depict here?


Why, today, do we need to read Hosea 10 and Revelation 6?
How does this help us to understand God and what the world is coming to? 

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