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The last complaint
Here we begin the last complaint God has and it also concludes our reference back to Egypt and the Exodus.
The “you know no God but me” I think is better translated “you shall know no other gods but me” - as in a reference to the FIRST commandment.
How is it phrased in Exodus though?
Exo 20.3 ““You shall have no other gods before me.”
I think, like we’ve talked about, this emphasizes the change of ‘have’ to ‘know’ - and especially since we’re in Hosea.
“To know” someone can mean in Hebrew to have intercourse with them.
The parallel between the whoring of Israel aka ‘knowing’ other gods vs having other gods is what I think gets emphasized with this change of words in Hosea.
Especially since the whole analogy here is the wife that’s going around ‘knowing’ other men.
There is no other savior but God.
God was there with them in the wilderness.
He saved them in a land of drought.
All of this points us back to the Exodus.
God was indeed among his people.
There is a warning though… After this time spent wandering they were going to be going into the last that prospered and so moses warned them not to be comfortable and forget God.
Knowing this we see sad words back in Hosea 13:6
They did exactly what they were warned about.
And they will perish for it like Moses tells them they will be in Deut.
This is mostly a very clear text and is quite bold in how it describes God in such beastly ferocity.
The taunt at the end though is quite interesting.
The rulers are called out, the people who cried for a king are called out.
The verbs here are all future tense, so I don’t know why most texts render it paste tense.
It seems it should say I will give you a king in my anger (He will give them the king of Assyria to rule over them) and He will take their king away.
It’s much worse to have your sin stored up, credited to your account.
You’re ready to be delivered but won’t do what you should.
The great physician stepping in is the only remedy.
We actually get an interpretation of this passage in the NT so instead of my thoughts let’s get Paul’s.
When you don’t stay laboring for the Lord you will wander and end up in sin.
The end of the northern kingdom was a brutal brutal takeover.
Let’s keep our watch that we would do the same as a church who listens to the Lord.
A church who labors for the Lord’s causes.
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