One cannot invest too little time in Hosea without being gripped by the severity of sin portrayed in the book. We can mourn with the prophet as he cries out against Israel's evil, and be impressed with the mercy and wrath of God (1:2,10-11; 2:14-23; 5:12-15). However, we would be doing God, the prophets and ourselves a great disservice if we did
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