Contents: Jehovah's response, continued. Israel's ruin. Ultimate blessing in the kingdom age.

Characters: God.

Conclusion: Worldly prosperity, which feeds men's pride, makes them forgetful of God, and sends them on a downhill course in which they cannot easily stop themselves. Those whom God has in vain endured with long-suffering, and appealed to with much affection, will finally be made the vessels of His wrath.

Key Word: Ruined (Hosea 13:8; Hosea 13:16), ransomed (Hosea 13:14).

Strong Verses: Hosea 13:4; Hosea 13:6; Hosea 13:14.

Striking Facts: Hosea 13:9-11. God will yet give Israel a King, whom they will receive as God-appointed, a Saviour to their nation. Israel, becoming weary of the theocracy, or divine government, rejected Samuel, crying, «Give us a king.» God gave them a king and plenty of trouble with him. Christ is the true heavenly King, and He will at His Second Coming take the throne of His father David.

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