Reading for July 28th

Read Hosea 10.9-11.7
In verses 10-9-15 Israel is compared to a female calf (v.11), once obedient but now
plowing wickedness.
In verse 9 for Hosea's criticism of Gibeah, see 9.9.
In verse 14 neither Shalman nor Beth-arbel can be positively identified, though some have
suggested that Shalman is a shortened form of Shalmanester V, who imprisoned Israel's last king, Hoshea, and laid siege to Samaria (2 Kings 17.3-5).
In verse 15 Bethel was on of Israel's major religious sanctuaries.
In verses 11.1-7 Israel is compared to a son who, though loved and raised with kindness,
is stubborn and rebellious.
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