Read Hosea 5.8-6.3
In verses 8-15 God summons the guilty to announce the sentence.
In verse 8 why Hosea sounds the alarm in Gibeah, Ramah, and Beth-aven, all cities
in the southern part of Israel occupied by the tribe of Benjamin, is not entirely clear.
In verse 13 Hosea criticizes Israel for trying to save itself by an alliance with Assyria,
the imperial power threatening Israel in Hosea's time.
Two of Israel's kings, Menahem (2 Kings 15.19-20) and Hosea (2 Kings 17.3),
paid tribute to Assyria to remain in power.
In verses 6.1-3 Hosea anticipates Israel's response to judgment: Only after it is
punished will it try to change its ways.
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