Forgive and Forget

“My sacrificial gifts they offer in sacrifice and they eat flesh.”  YHWH does not accept them.  Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sin.  They will return to Egypt. Hosea 8:13 (translation J. A. Dearman) Remember – We often think that once God forgives our sins, He forgets all about them.  Maybe that…

For Whom the Bell Tolls (2)

My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.  Because you have rejected knowledge I will reject you from priestly service for me.  You have forgotten the instruction of your God; so I too will forget your children. Hosea 4:6  (translation J. A. Dearman) Forget – When you think of the Hebrew verb forget, think of…

Forget-Me-Not

“I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she used to offer sacrifices to them and adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry, and follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me,” declares the LORD. Hosea 2:13  NASB Forgot – What’s a “Forget Me Not”?  Do we need a picture to remind…