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Hosea 11:1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.” This verse is a beautiful tribute to the coming Son of God and the chapter itself has loving and kind words for Ephraim, for His people who He now will have to…

Hosea 2:23 “…And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, ‘You are my people;’ and he shall say ‘You are my God.’” With God there is always hope. God’s ultimate love overcomes the wrongs of the people as He foresees a day…

Hosea 1:9 “And the LORD said, ‘Call his name Not My People, for you are not my people, and I am not your God.’” If God is not your God then you are not His people. In this case the people gave up first. They rejected being the People of…

Hosea 1:6 “She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, ‘Call her name No Mercy for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all.’” You think Hosea might be shaking his head about now? Call his little…

Hosea 1:4 “And the LORD said to him, ‘Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.’” This verse is about the first…

Hosea Hosea 1:2 “When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, ‘Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD.’” Wow! Of all the calls of the prophets, the one to Hosea…

Daniel 12:2 “And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” This is the end of Daniel’s prophecy of the nations prior to the coming of the Messiah and the last times. This entire…

Daniel 10:12 “Then he said to me, ‘Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words.” A messenger from God has come to Daniel with…

Daniel 7:14 “And to him was given dominion and glory and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him; his dominion is and everlasting dominion which shall not pass away and his kingdom one that shall not be destroyed.” This verse describes one like a son of…

Daniel 7:9 “As I looked, thrones were placed, and the Ancient of Days took his seat; his clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames; its wheels were burning fire. A stream of fire issued and came out from…