Reject

Hosea 9:16-17 - Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay their cherished offspring.” My God will reject them because they have not obeyed him; they will be wanderers among the nations.


Hosea 8:7 - “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind. The stalk has no head; it will produce no flour. Were it to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it up.

Hosea 4:5-6,10-11 - You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother—my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children…“They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not flourish, because they have deserted the LORD to give themselves to prostitution; old wine and new wine take away their understanding.

Application:

· Do I trust in flimsy alliances? Have I sowed the wind of idolatry?
· Have I given myself over to things not of the Lord?
· Do I have responsibility for teaching God's law? Have I failed to teach God's Word? Am I faithfully promoting God's law?

All Scripture verses taken from NIV