Hosea 10-11

“Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD” (10:12). Amazing, Hosea’s prophetic word included hope, not only judgment. God remembered His great love for Israel (11:1) and how He “led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love” (11:4) and brought them out of Egypt. Even though they rebelled, God’s compassion was stirred. He promised to come “in wrath” but to call them out once again from bondage.

“How can I give you up, O Ephraim?” (11:8). God loves us when we are unlovable and calls us to Himself, the Good Shepherd who seeks the lost sheep.