On God’s Lament Over False Repentance

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⁴ What am I going to do with you, Ephraim?
What am I going to do with you, Judah?
Your love is like the morning mist
and like the early dew that vanishes.
⁵ This is why I have used the prophets
to cut them down;
I have killed them with the words from my mouth.
My judgment strikes like lightning.
⁶ For I desire faithful love and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

⁷ But they, like Adam, have violated the covenant;
there they have betrayed me.
⁸ Gilead is a city of evildoers,
tracked with bloody footprints.
⁹ Like raiders who wait in ambush for someone,
a band of priests murders on the road to Shechem.
They commit atrocities.
¹⁰ I have seen something horrible in the house of Israel:
Ephraim’s promiscuity is there; Israel is defiled.
¹¹ A harvest is also appointed for you, Judah.

Title: On God’s Lament Over False Repentance
Text: Hosea 6.4-11
Series: Hosea: A Love Story Like No Other
Church: Redeemer Baptist Church, Jonesboro, AR
Date: April 27, 2025