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Hosea 2 · Grade 4

Speak Tenderly

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Hosea 2 continues the picture of Israel as God's wife who has been unfaithful. She went after the Baals, saying they gave her bread and wool. But she didn't know that God gave her the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and the silver and gold that they used for Baal.

So God said He would take back His grain in its time, and stop her feasts. This was not because He stopped loving her. It was to bring her back. Then she will say she will return to her first husband, for then it was better with her than now.

God's answer is full of love. He said, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. He would give the valley of Achor for a door of hope. He will betroth her to Him in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion. God would say to those who were not His people, you are my people.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Israel not know?

  2. Why would God take back His gifts?

  3. What would God give for a door of hope?

  4. What would God say to those who were not His people?

Word Bank Fill-In

Use the word bank to fill in each blank.

betrothGodgrainhope
  1. So God said He would take back His in its time, and stop her feasts.
  2. He would give the valley of Achor for a door of .
  3. He will her to Him in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.
  4. would say to those who were not His people, you are my people.

Think About It

  1. Israel thanked false gods for gifts that came from God. What gifts from God can you thank Him for today?

  2. God turned a valley of trouble into a door of hope. How can God bring hope out of hard times?

Memory Verse

“I will give her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she will respond there as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.”

Hosea 2:15 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your faithful love. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What four words describe God's promise?
  • God promised peace between His people, the animals, and the land. How can you care for God's creation?

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