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Podcast: Sharper Iron from KFUO Radio
Episode: Hosea 9:1-17: There Is No Joy in Israel
Description: Israel has looked to Baal for fertility in agriculture and population, and so the LORD speaks the awful judgment that both of these joyful gifts will be taken away from Israel. Their food will only be eaten in mourning, and they will not be able to go to the LORD’s appointed feasts because they will be in exile. Despite Israel’s mockery of Hosea’s faithful preaching, the LORD will do according to the Word that His prophet has spoken. Because Israel has rejected the steadfast love of the LORD from the days of the Exodus, now the LORD promis...