Warning: Hosea 6–7 will not flatter you! In these chapters, God describes Israel’s instability and infidelity. He says the nation is like a morning mist (6:4), an overheated oven (7:4), a half-baked loaf (7:8), a deluded old man (7:9), a senseless bird (7:11), a self-preoccupied prayer (7:14) and a faulty bow (7:16). And Israel is a picture of all humanity. In 6:7, God says: like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me. Israel
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