....for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel;
but I will utterly take them away.
Hosea 1:6
"The connection of our text suggests the thought that there is a limit
to the long-suffering of God.
He bade Hosea say, “I will no more have mercy upon Israel.”
He had borne with that guilty people very long, and overlooked their daring crimes; but he would do so no longer: he would give them over to the enemy, who would carry them quite away, so that Israel as a distinct monarchy should cease to be.
O my hearers,
Stay, I pray you!
--Do not further provoke.
--Repent, and turn unto the Lord with full purpose of heart."
Charles Spurgeon
but I will utterly take them away.
Hosea 1:6
"The connection of our text suggests the thought that there is a limit
He bade Hosea say, “I will no more have mercy upon Israel.”
He had borne with that guilty people very long, and overlooked their daring crimes; but he would do so no longer: he would give them over to the enemy, who would carry them quite away, so that Israel as a distinct monarchy should cease to be.
O my hearers,
God is very gracious,
but his Spirit shall not always strive with you.
--A little more sin, and you may be over the boundary, and God may give you up. Stay, I pray you!
--Do not further provoke.
--Repent, and turn unto the Lord with full purpose of heart."
Charles Spurgeon