Today's Reading | February 19, 2025
Hosea 8:1–14
Introduction Hosea 8:1–14: The people have broken their covenant with the LORD and have made idols of silver and gold. They will be punished because they have rejected the LORD’s teachings. Today’s Key Verse: Hosea 8:12 [The LORD says:] “I write down countless teachings for the people, but they reject them as strange and foreign.” Reading 8 The Lord says, “Sound the alarm!…
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