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Hosea 9 · Grade 5

Wanderers Among the Nations

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Hosea 9 speaks into a time of celebration. Don't rejoice, Israel, to jubilation like the nations; for you were unfaithful to your God. Israel thought their harvests came from Baal, but God would take them away. They won't dwell in Yahweh's land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria. The people who forgot God would lose the land God gave.

The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Israel's response was to mock God's messenger: Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool. Yet Hosea held his post: A prophet watches over Ephraim with my God. God's messengers are often rejected, but they are faithful.

God remembered His first love: I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season. But at Baal Peor they turned to shame. The chapter then speaks harsh judgment and ends: My God will cast them away, because they didn't listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations. Not listening to God leads to losing one's home.

Show What You Know

  1. What did Israel think gave them harvests?

  2. Where would Ephraim return and eat unclean food?

  3. How did Israel treat the prophet?

  4. How did God first find Israel?

  5. What would they become?

Crossword

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Across

  1. A ____ watches over Ephraim
  2. in the day of the ____ of Yahweh

Down

  1. I found Israel like ____ in the wilderness.
  2. because they didn’t ____ to him

Think About It

  1. God's messengers are often rejected, but they stay faithful. How can you stay faithful when others don't listen?

  2. God remembered His delight in Israel even while warning them. How does this show both God's love and His justice?

Memory Verse

“My God will cast them away, because they didn’t listen to him; and they will be wanderers among the nations.”

Hosea 9:17 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for finding Your people. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Harvest joy rang hollow for a people who had turned from God. How can you keep joy in God when you have little?
  • How do you respond when a parent or another grown-up warns you?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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