Hosea 9:15-17

[15] All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. [16] Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. [17] My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

What is the context of Hosea 9:15-17?

What does Hosea 9:15-17 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

"The previous section ( Hosea 9:10-14) began with a tender expression of Yahweh"s love. This section ( Hosea 9:15-17) begins with an affirmation of his hatred. The previous section looked back to the wilderness; this section looks back to Gilgal. Hosea views God as acting in history; thus historical events and the geographical sites where they occurred become vehicles of divine truth. The events of the exodus from Egypt spoke volumes about God, as did the events that took place in the wilderness and at Gilgal. To Hosea God"s response to the people at those places forever remains as crystallized truth about the nature of God." ^[1]