In the book of Hosea, Hosea shared how Jehovah God said of Ephraim, “Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels”, and in chapter thirteen and verse sixteen of Hosea, Hosea shared how Jehovah God said, “Samaria shall become desolate” where we read,
Samaria shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her God:
they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
The verse begins, “Samaria shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her God:” Hosea began with the word, “Samaria” whose name means “watch mountain and was the region of northern Palestine associated with the northern kingdom of the ten tribes of Israel which split from the kingdom after the death of Solomon during the reign of his son Rehoboam and were ruled by Jeroboam” “shall become desolate” which means “will exist as offended, wronged, trespassed and injured”; “for she has rebelled” or “because, since and on account that she, Samaria, has been contentious, refractory and disobedient” “against her God” which means “in opposition to her, Samaria's, Supreme Deity and True God”. Hosea shared how “Samaria” was to be injured because the people of “Samaria” were contentious and in opposition to their Supreme Deity.
The verse goes on to say, “they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.” Hosea continued with the words, “they shall fall” or “they, the people of Samaria, will be cast down, fail and be knocked out” “by the sword” which means “through the means of the knife, cutting instrument, axe, dagger or mattock”: “their infants” or “their, the people of Samaria's, sucklings, young children and babies” “shall be dashed in pieces” which means “will be slaughtered and thrown down to the ground”, “and their women with child” or “and their, the people of Samaria's, pregnant female human beings” “shall be ripped up” which means “will be split, cleaved, divided, broken through and torn apart”. Hosea shared how the people of “Samaria” would be cast down through the means of a cutting instrument, their babies and little children would be slaughtered and their pregnant women would be torn apart.
When we think through the words in this verse, we learn through Hosea how the people of “Samaria” in the northern part of “Israel” would suffer for their apostasy from Jehovah God. They were to be injured by their obsolesce, the “sword”would come upon them, their babies and infants would be slaughtered and their pregnant women would be torn apart. These are horrific consequences for rebelling against God, and this is not His desire for any of us. God wants to save us through His Son Jesus who was crucified on the cross for the sins of all mankind and resurrected from the dead three days later so we can live with Him forever. When we surrender our lives to Him, He will forgive our sins, grant us everlasting life and put within us His Holy Spirit who shall lead us into all truth and keep us by His mighty power so we never face the consequences for abandoning Him and His ways.
Next time we begin a new chapter and see Hosea say, “O Israel, return unto the LORD your God”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow…there is more…
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