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Return and Flourish: Hosea's Final Call and a Plague That Wakes a Nation | Hosea 13–14; Joel 1
Episode Overview
Today we finish Hosea and begin Joel. Hosea's last two chapters hold together the two things this book has refused to separate. Chapter 13 is unsparing about what pride has cost—Israel was fed until satisfied, and then became proud and forgot God. The images are severe, and the consequences are named plainly.
Then chapter 14 opens the door as wide as it goes. Return to the Lord your God; take words with you—Hosea even supplies the words to say. God's answer is one of the loveliest passages in the prophets: I will heal their waywardness and love them freely. Israel will…
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