HEALED Charles Feinberg: He will love them freely, without a cause in themselves, apart from and regardless of any merit or demerit of theirs, namely, from a very necessity of His being. The floodgates of his love will be opened, and, thank God, it will overwhelm them. Hosea 14:1-9 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your … [Read More...] Hosea 14:1-9

RICH Richard Greenham: Poverty hath slain a thousand, but riches have slain ten thousand. They are very uncertain, they promise that which they cannot perform, neither can they afford a contented mind. Hosea 12:7-14 A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, he loves to oppress. Ephraim has said, “Ah, but I am rich; I … [Read More...] Hosea 12:7-14

WITHDRAWN Matthew Henry: By dealing treacherously with the Lord, men only deceive themselves. Those that go to seek the Lord with their flocks and their herds only, and not with their hearts and souls, cannot expect to find him; nor shall any speed who do not seek the Lord while he may be found. Hosea 5:1-7 … [Read More...] Hosea 5:1-7

FORGOTTEN Harry Ironside: Such is the marvelous lovingkindness of our God that He finds the objects of His love, not among the righteous and the holy, but among sinners lost and ruined. Hosea 2:1-13 “Plead with your mother, plead— for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband— that she put away her … [Read More...] Hosea 2:1-13