1. Hosea 4-12

2. Israel’s Rebellion & Ruin

3. Israel’s Rebellion
Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the Lord, You children of Israel, For the Lord brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “There is no truth or mercy Or knowledge of God in the land.

4. Israel’s Rebellion
Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land will mourn; And everyone who dwells there will waste away With the beasts of the field
And the birds of the air; Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.

5. Israel’s Rebellion
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

6. Israel’s Rebellion
Swearing, Lying, Killing, Stealing & adultery (4:1-3,14-17)
Godless religious leaders (4:4-5,8-10; 5:1-4,10-15)
Godless political leaders (7:1-7)
Willful ignorance (4:6)

7. Israel’s Rebellion
5. Idolatry (4:7,12-13,19;7:8-16;8:1-14; 10:1-3)
6. Drunkenness (4:11,18)
7. Arrogance (5:5-9)
8. Insincere sacrifices (6:4-6)

8. Israel’s Rebellion 9. Breaking the covenant (6:7-11; 10:4)
10. Refusing to hear God’s Word (9:7-10)

9. Israel’s Ruin
1. Double blessing turns to double ruin, barren women and the death of children. (9:11-16)

10. Israel’s Ruin
2. Their idols would be destroyed (10:5-9)
3. They would be carried into captivity by the Assyrians (9:1-6;10:10-15)
4. They would be wanderers (9:17)

11. Israel’s repentance

12. Their confession
Hosea 6:1a
Come, and let us return to the Lord...

13. Their confession
Hosea 6:3
Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning; He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.

14. The cleansing
Hosea 6:1b
…For He has torn, but He will heal us;
He has stricken, but He will bind us up.

15. The cleansing
Hosea 6:2
After two days He will revive us;
On the third day He will raise us up,
That we may live in His sight.

16. Lessons for us today

17. God offers an invitation
Hosea 12:6
So you, by the help of your God, return;
Observe mercy and justice, And wait on your God continually.

18. God offers an invitation
Hosea 11:3-4
3 “I taught Ephraim to walk, Taking them by their arms; But they did not know that I healed them. 4 I drew them with gentle cords, With bands of love, And I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck.

19. God offers an invitation
Hosea 14:4-7
4 “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him. 5 I will be like the dew to Israel; He shall grow like the lily, And lengthen his roots like Lebanon.

20. God offers an invitation
Hosea 14:4-7
6 His branches shall spread; His beauty shall be like an olive tree, And his fragrance like Lebanon. 7 Those who dwell under his shadow shall return; They shall be revived like grain, And grow like a vine. Their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

21. conclusion
Repentance brings restoration instead of devastation.
Psalms 80:19
Restore us, O Lord God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!