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Hosea 13 · Grade 4

I Knew You in the Wilderness

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Read and Think

Hosea 13 says, Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver. People even kissed calf idols. Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the dew that passes away early, like chaff driven by the wind.

God reminded them who He is: Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior. I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me. God's judgment is then pictured as wild animals.

Even in judgment, there is a promise. I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? In the New Testament, Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 15:55: Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?

Show What You Know

  1. What were the idols made from?

  2. Besides God, who is the savior?

  3. Why did they forget God?

  4. What will God ransom them from?

  5. In the New Testament, what does Paul ask death?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

droughtransomdewdeath
  1. Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the that passes away early, like chaff driven by the wind.
  2. I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great .
  3. I will them from the power of Sheol.
  4. I will redeem them from !

Think About It

  1. They were filled, and they forgot God. How can having plenty make us forget God, and how can we remember Him?

  2. I will redeem them from death! How does this promise give hope?

Memory Verse

“Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.

Hosea 13:4 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for being my Savior. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Human hands shaped those false gods. Why can a god we make never save us?
  • Who was Israel against?

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