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Hosea 12 · Grade 4

Wait Continually

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Hosea 12 begins: Ephraim feeds on wind, and chases the east wind. He continually multiplies lies and desolation. They made a covenant with Assyria instead of trusting God. Their plans were as empty as wind.

Hosea pointed back to their ancestor Jacob. In his manhood he contended with God. Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. Jacob's strength was in crying out to God.

So Hosea calls: Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God. Yet A merchant has dishonest scales in his hand. Ephraim said, Surely I have become rich. God reminded them: By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of Egypt. Ephraim had bitterly provoked anger, and God would hold him to account.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Ephraim chase?

  2. Who did Jacob struggle with?

  3. Where was Jacob's strength?

  4. What three things should Israel do?

  5. How did Yahweh bring Israel out of Egypt?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

EgyptJacobangelGodjustice
  1. They made a covenant with Assyria instead of trusting .
  2. Hosea pointed back to their ancestor .
  3. Indeed, he struggled with the , and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him.
  4. Keep kindness and , and wait continually for your God.
  5. God reminded them: By a prophet Yahweh brought Israel up out of .

Think About It

  1. Jacob wept and made supplication. How is crying out to God a kind of strength?

  2. Ephraim boasted of riches and said they had no sin. How can money make people feel they don't need God?

Memory Verse

“Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, and wait continually for your God.”

Hosea 12:6 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being patient with me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Why should you pay close attention to what God has already said?
  • Jacob would not give up. How can you keep praying when an answer seems slow?

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