If you remember last time we saw the family of Joseph who was just settling in Egypt. They had made the journey from Canaan on the wagons of the Pharaoh with Judah going before them. Joseph appeared before the Pharaoh on behalf of his family and brought five of his brothers. He asked them, “what…
When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died. 2 And now they sin more and more, and make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, “Those who offer human…
Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the whore, forsaking your God. You have loved a prostitute’s wages on all threshing floors. Threshing floor and wine vat shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail them. 3 They shall not remain in the land of the Lord,…