Your sins have been your downfall!
Take words with you
and return to the Lord.
Say to him:
'Forgive all our sins
and receive us graciously,
that we may offer the fruit of our lips.
Assyria cannot save us;
we will not mount warhorses.
We will never again say 'Our gods'
to what our own hands have made,
for in you the fatherless find compassion.'
'I will heal their waywardness
and love them freely,
for my anger has turned away from them.'
Who is wise? He will realize these things.
Who is discerning? He will understand them.
The ways of the Lord are right;
the righteous walk in them,
but the rebellious stumble in them."
Hosesa, Hosea, Hosea,
This book of Hosea closes with an appeal to
Listen, Learn, and Benefit from God's word.
For us, the the choice is similar,
either listen to the book's message and follow God's ways,
or refuse to walk along the Lord's path.
But there are dark consequences for not following God's way.
If you are lost you can find the way
by turning from your sin and following God.
It is that simple!
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