Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+007   Hosea 7 (ESV) 8 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers devour his strength, and he knows it not; gray hairs are sprinkled upon him, and he knows it not. 10 The pride of Israel testifies to his face; yet they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+006   Hosea 6 (ESV) 1 “Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. 3 Let us…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+005   Hosea 5 (ESV) 1 Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters have gone deep into slaughter,…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+004   Hosea 4 (ESV) 1 Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land; 2 there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+003   Hosea 3 (ESV) 1 And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+002   Hosea 2 (ESV) 1 Say to your brothers, “You are my people,” and to your sisters, “You have received mercy.” 2 “Plead with your mother, plead— for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband— that she put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts; 3 lest I strip her…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Hosea+001   HOSEA INTRODUCTION The prophet Hosea spoke to the northern kingdom of Israel in the turbulent period of the 8thcentury BC. Following the death of Jeroboam II, Israel had six different kings in just over twenty years; four were assassinated and the last was forcibly removed from the throne. The…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=Jude+001   JUDE INTRODUCTION Jesus had several brothers, two of whom were James and Jude. Much less is known about Jude than James (see James), but he was clearly a church leader, since he wrote to believers with authority in this letter that bears his name. It cannot be determined exactly…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=3John+001   3 JOHN INTRODUCTION This letter is a note of thanks and encouragement to an individual named Gaius. John had sent a letter to the church of which Gaius was a member, introducing and commending certain individuals, but a leader named Diotrephes refused to accommodate them. He opposed John’s authority…

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=2John+001   2 JOHN INTRODUCTION The same person who wrote 1 John to encourage believers also found it necessary to write to other churches where the false teachers might go to spread their ideas and practices. The letter of 2 John addresses one such gathering, referring to the church as a…