Hosea 10:14–11:1

¹⁴war will come to your people, and all your fortresses will be destroyed. It will be like the day when King Shalman destroyed the city of Betharbel in battle, and mothers and their children were crushed to death. ¹⁵That is what will happen to you, people of Bethel, because of the terrible evil that you have done. As soon as the battle begins, the king of Israel will die.”

God’s Love for His Rebellious People

11^*The Lord says,

“When Israel was a child, I loved him

and called him out of Egypt as my son.^f