Daily Devotions
Hosea
THE DISSOLUTION OF ISRAEL’S INFRASTRUCTURE
Israel’s redemption from her sorry state had to be done very carefully. The sinful condition of Israel was deep and difficult, and God had to remove all the things that the nation depended upon.
“And I said to her,
‘You shall stay with me many days;
you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man-
so, too, will I be toward you.’
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince,
without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.”
Hosea 3:3-4