Guiding Questions: Hosea 7

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This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

If “salvation” is to come to Israel will the transgressions of the people be forgotten?
What refrain, in terms of parable in earlier chapters, appears in Hosea 7:4?
Why is the thought processes (the ancients considered “heart” as the seat of thought) compared to an oven (Hosea 7:6-7)?
What destiny, then, is predicted for Ephraim (Israel) in Hosea 7:8-9?
What emotional state has inhibited Israel from true return in spite of all evidence that return was called for (Hosea 7:10)?
Would Hosea 7:11-12 indicate that the prophet favored the political course of Israel?
Because of the insincerity (Hosea 7:14) what, once again, is predicted as the final outcome (Hosea 7:16)?

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Post categories: Hosea, Neviim (Prophets), Tanakh, Tanakh Yomi

Post tags: Hosea 7, Perek Yomi (USCJ)

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