Would you bow your heads and join me in a word of prayer.

O Father, thank you Lord for your grace, Lord, and your mercy how we need it.

And we thank you, Lord, for watching over us today.

For bringing us here that we may hear your word so as we get into our Bible study

Lord we lift your name high name above all names we thank you for this time

together in your word would you bless this teaching give us understanding

bless Pastor J.D continue, to give him your strength

through the Holy Spirit to do what he does. In Jesus' name, amen. Amen. Good evening. Welcome.

You can be seated. Glad you're here tonight. Welcome. How you doing?

Okay, good answer. Those those of you online we're glad

that you're joining this as well hope you're as blessed as the people that are

here are two more chapters tonight chapters nine and ten as we make our way through the book of Hosea the prophet

Hosea I have to confess though something about the two chapters before us they

are among the most difficult in the entirety of this book of Jose.

How's that for an introduction?

We have to a good start.

I mean, I just wanted to full disclosure, get that out of the way, let you know.

For those of you that read ahead to stay ahead you already know what's ahead

and I'm telling you I'm on my face before the Lord going God

this is painful to read how am I going to teach it

so should we close in prayer and then you can let me explain something

though about this because there's actually more to this. Northern Israel is in

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