Hosea 8-14, NKJV

1. 9 I will not execute the fierceness of My anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim. For I am God, and not ____, The Holy One in your midst; And I will not come with terror. 10 "They shall walk after the Lord. He will roar like a lion. -Hosea 11:9-10, NKJV

Angry

Man

A god

2. 5 I will be like the _______ to Israel; He shall grow like the lily, And lengthen his roots like Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread; His beauty shall be like an olive tree, And his fragrance like Lebanon. -Hosea 14:5-6, NKJV

Rod of discipline

Sharp sword executing judgment

Dew

3. 9 Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right; The ______ walk in them, But transgressors stumble in them. -Hosea 14:9, NKJV

Children of God

Sons of God

Righteous

4. 4 "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them _____, For My anger has turned away from him. -Hosea 14:4, NKJV

For their righteousness

For a price

Freely

5. 7 Those who dwell under his _______ shall return; They shall be revived like grain, And grow like a vine. Their scent shall be like the wine of Lebanon. -Hosea 14:7, NKJV

Commandments

Rock

Shadow

6. 2 As they called them, So they went from them; They sacrificed to the ____, And burned incense to carved images. -Hosea 11:2, NKJV

Sons of gods

Baals

False gods

7. 10 "I found Israel Like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers As the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season. But they went to Baal Peor, And separated themselves to that shame; They became an ______ like the thing they loved. -Hosea 9:10, NKJV

Imitator

Abomination

Evil person

8. Because you trusted in your own way, In the multitude of your mighty ____. 14 Therefore tumult shall arise among your people, -Hosea 10:13-14, NKJV

God

Men

Self-righteousness

9. 7 My people are bent on _______. Though they call to the Most High, None at all exalt Him. -Hosea 11:7, NKJV

Praying to false gods

Sinning

Backsliding from Me

10. 8 "Ephraim shall say, 'What have I to do anymore with _____?' I have heard and observed him. I am like a green cypress tree; Your fruit is found in Me." -Hosea 14:8, NKJV

God

False gods

Idols

11. 11 "When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My ____. -Hosea 11:1, NKJV

Chosen people

Children

Son