{"id":76341,"date":"2020-06-21T23:05:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T20:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=76341"},"modified":"2020-06-21T23:05:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T20:05:15","slug":"points-to-ponder-hosea-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-hosea-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Points to Ponder &#8211; Hosea 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[],"acf":{"old_id":"76341","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":38102,"related_cahpter":"509","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"","content":"<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>A festive meal<\/em>. Verses 1-9 all related to festivals, and festive fare. How do the celebrations happen now &#8211; and what will happen in exile. What are we eating today, and what will happen to the food during the catastrophe, and what will we eat in exile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Whither?<\/em> Verse 3 sends the residents of the kingdom of Israel to Assyria and Egypt. But more than this is some sort of \u201ccurrent events\u201d description of exile, it is a statement about the end of the relationship with the central political suitors of Israel.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Quote 1<\/em>. What are they saying in Israel about Hosea? \u201cThe prophet was distraught, The inspired man driven mad&#8230;\u201d (verse 7).One can only imagine the empathy of the people for Hosea from this description.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Quote 2<\/em>. Right in the middle of his difficult prophecy of revenge, Hosea bursts out: \u201cGive them, O LORD\u2014give them what?\u201d (verse 14). But what did he mean? What was his exact tone of voice? Is he protesting? Beseeching? Cursing? Trying not to express the worst? All these and more are possible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>As pleasing as grapes in the wilderness <\/em>(verse 10). 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