Hosea 8 · Grade 4
They Will Reap the Whirlwind
Read and Think
Hosea 8 opens with an alarm: Put the trumpet to your lips! Israel had broken God's covenant and rebelled against His law. They cried, My God, we, Israel, acknowledge you! But their actions showed they had cast off what is good.
They set up kings, but not by God. They made idols of silver and gold. The calf of Samaria was made by a workman, and it is no God. It shall be broken in pieces. Things people make with their own hands cannot save them.
God used a farming picture: For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. Sin grows into something bigger than what was planted. God said, I wrote for him the many things of my law, but they were regarded as a strange thing. For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces.
Show What You Know
What did Israel claim even while they cast off what is good?
What will happen to the calf of Samaria?
What does the sowing picture show about sin?
How were God's laws regarded?
Word Bank Fill-In
Use the word bank to fill in each blank.
- Hosea 8 opens with an alarm: Put the to your lips!
- They cried, My , we, Israel, acknowledge you!
- But their actions showed they had cast off what is .
- They set up , but not by God.
- They made idols of and gold.
Think About It
Israel said they knew God, but their actions showed otherwise. How can your actions show that you know God?
What we sow, we reap. What good things can you sow this week?
Memory Verse
“For they sow the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. He has no standing grain. The stalk will yield no head. If it does yield, strangers will swallow it up.”
Hosea 8:7 (WEB)
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Prayer
Dear God, thank You for Your good law. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- What helps you remember God during a busy day?
- What were Israel's two great failures?
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