Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Joel+003   Joel 3 (ESV) 18 “And in that day the mountains shall drip sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the streambeds of Judah shall flow with water; and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and water the Valley of Shittim.  …

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Joel+002   Joel 2 (ESV) 28  “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. 29 Even on the male and female servants in those days I will…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Joel+001   JOEL INTRODUCTION The exact date of the book of Joel is difficult to know, since it does not refer to the reign of any particular king. The specific occasion of the book, however, is very clear and Joel uses this occasion to deliver a powerful spiritual message. The book…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+014   Hosea 14 (ESV) 1 Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. 2 Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips. 3 Assyria shall not save us; we…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+013   Hosea 13 (ESV) 1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died. 2 And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+012   Hosea 12 (ESV) 1 Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt. The Lord’s Indictment of Israel and Judah 2 The Lord has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; he…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+011   Hosea 11 (ESV) 1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols. 3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+010   Hosea 10 (ESV) 12 Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. 13 You have plowed iniquity; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+009   Hosea 9 (ESV) 1 Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the whore, forsaking your God. You have loved a prostitute’s wages on all threshing floors. 2 Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail them. 3 They shall not remain…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+008   Hosea 8 (ESV) 8 Israel is swallowed up; already they are among the nations as a useless vessel. 9 For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers. 10 Though they hire allies among the nations, I will soon gather them up. And the king and princes shall soon writhe…