Hosea was a prophet that warned Israel of their abandonment of God for demonic idolatry, and that God was about to abandon them. And Israel was conquered and ceased to be a nation leaving only Judah who eventually suffered the same fate. But I can’t help but see our country in these words.
Hosea 4:1–3
The LORD Accuses Israel
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land; [2] there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. [3] Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, and even the fish of the sea are taken away. (ESV)
And Satan’s OCGFC are conspiring to take away meat from the world to fight “climate change” which makes you see that God is ultimately behind it as a judgement on this wicked world system by His own words. And long before Romans 1 was penned, this section describes the removal of God’s grace and the turning over of those who reject Him to a debased mind to do what should not be done, who love shame. I can’t help but think of a presidential candidate exposed for adultery, still running, or a previous president who paid for a night with a porn actress, not to mention our current president implicated in corruption and not prosecuted. Consequently, the clock is running out on this nation and God’s judgement is well underway.
Hosea 4:17–19
[17] Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone. [18] When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring; their rulers dearly love shame. [19] A wind has wrapped them in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. (ESV)
Hosea 4
The LORD Accuses Israel
[1] Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel,
for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
and no knowledge of God in the land;
[2] there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
[3] Therefore the land mourns,
and all who dwell in it languish,
and also the beasts of the field
and the birds of the heavens,
and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
[4] Yet let no one contend,
and let none accuse,
for with you is my contention, O priest.
[5] You shall stumble by day;
the prophet also shall stumble with you by night;
and I will destroy your mother.
[6] My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;
because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
[7] The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
I will change their glory into shame.
[8] They feed on the sin of my people;
they are greedy for their iniquity.
[9] And it shall be like people, like priest;
I will punish them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
[10] They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the LORD
to cherish [11] whoredom, wine, and new wine,
which take away the understanding.
[12] My people inquire of a piece of wood,
and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the whore.
[13] They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the whore,
and your brides commit adultery.
[14] I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore,
nor your brides when they commit adultery;
for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes
and sacrifice with cult prostitutes,
and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.
[15] Though you play the whore, O Israel,
let not Judah become guilty.
Enter not into Gilgal,
nor go up to Beth-aven,
and swear not, “As the LORD lives.”
[16] Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
can the LORD now feed them
like a lamb in a broad pasture?
[17] Ephraim is joined to idols;
leave him alone.
[18] When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring;
their rulers dearly love shame.
[19] A wind has wrapped them in its wings,
and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. (ESV)