Daniel Haas

Tag: Hosea

  • Hosea 14:1-9

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    Today’s Reading is Hosea 14:1-9.Hosea once again uses strong imagery to get his message across. Today’s passage is full of botanical references. Verse 6a: “They will be alive with new growth, and beautiful like olive trees.” Verse 6b: “They will be fragrant like the cedars of Lebanon. “ Verse 7b: “They will grow crops of…

  • Hosea 11:1-11

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    Today’s Reading is Hosea 11:1-11. Hosea is not shy in any way. Today he revolutionizes gender perceptions of God portraying YHWH as a concerned father and a protective lion mother. Male God, female Goddess? In yesterday’s reading Hosea wrote about God being a betrayed husband and in 13:8 God is a mother bear – an…

  • Hosea 2:2-23

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    Today’s Reading is Hosea 2:2-23.The prophet tells the story of Israel being unfaithful toward God and their relationship being happily restored. They cheated on God with Baal, a local deity which was popular at the time. Hosea reminds them remember the Exodus and how painful the desert experience was and will be: Love hurts!

  • Hosea 1:1-2:1

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    Today’s Reading is Hosea 1:1-2:1.In addition to writing and speaking messages from God, Hebrew prophets often acted out prophetic parables:Ahijah from ShilohIsaiahJeremiah (shorts, clay jar, yoke)Ezekiel (acts out the siege of Jerusalem, cuts his hair, as a refugee, trembling, wooden stick)Hosea has to create difficult family situations for himself to depict the unfaithfulness of king…