AFFLICTION

 

Morning Bible Reading and Meditation

April 19, 2023

Hosea 5 KJV

“14] For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. 

[15] I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.”

AFFLICTION

The people of the land whom GOD has chosen to be His herald, and an example of GOD’s graciousness to the inhabitant of this earth, has committed a great sin of turning their back from Him, to follow and worship other gods; defiling themselves like a whore chasing after her lovers. 

Written for us to be warned. 

Stay away from idolatry.

Stay away from sexual sins and immorality. 

Get out from vices that destroy your souls and your body. 

Otherwise that dreadful day will come and the affliction which the LORD will allow is unendurable and irreparable; a hellish tragedy!

Get it right with GOD. 

Seek His words and pursue His love. 

All He need to hear and see is a sincere prayer and a repentant heart. 

Call Him in prayer at the start of the day. 

Pray when in heaviness, pray when life gets better.

Thank Him for all the blessings He has given, 

And submit to His blessed will.

Have a pleasant day ahead!🙏❤️

Hosea 5:1-15 KJV

[1] Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. [2] And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. [3] I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. [4] They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord. [5] And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. [6] They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord ; but they shall not find him ; he hath withdrawn himself from them. [7] They have dealt treacherously against the Lord : for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. [8] Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin. [9] Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. [10] The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. [11] Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. [12] Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. [13] When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. [14] For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. [15] I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.