Hosea 9
Starved for God 1-6 Don’t waste your life in wild orgies, Israel. Don’t party away your life with the heathen. You walk away from your God at the drop of…
Hosea 10
You Thought You Could Do It All on Your Own 1-2 Israel was once a lush vine, bountiful in grapes. The more lavish the harvest, the more promiscuous the worship….
Hosea 11
Israel Played at Religion with Toy Gods 1-9 “When Israel was only a child, I loved him. I called out, ‘My son!’—called him out of Egypt. But when others called…
Hosea 12
1-5 Ephraim, obsessed with god-fantasies, chases ghosts and phantoms. He tells lies nonstop, soul-destroying lies. Both Ephraim and Judah made deals with Assyria and tried to get an inside track…
Hosea 13
Religion Customized to Taste 1-3 God once let loose against Ephraim a terrifying sentence against Israel: Caught and convicted in the lewd sex-worship of Baal—they died! And now they’re back…
Hosea 14
Come Back! Return to Your God! 1-3 O Israel, come back! Return to yourGod! You’re down but you’re not out. Prepare your confession and come back toGod. Pray to him,…
Joel 1
Get in Touch with Reality—and Weep! 1-3 God’s Message to Joel son of Pethuel: Attention, elder statesmen! Listen closely, everyone, whoever and wherever you are! Have you ever heard of…
Joel 2
The Locust Army 1-3 Blow the ram’s horn trumpet in Zion! Trumpet the alarm on my holy mountain! Shake the country up! God’s Judgment’s on its way—the Day’s almost here!…
Joel 3
God Is a Safe Hiding Place 1-3 “In those days, yes, at that very time when I put life back together again for Judah and Jerusalem, I’ll assemble all the…
Amos 1
1 The Message of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa, that he received on behalf of Israel. It came to him in visions during the time that Uzziah was…