Hosea On False Claims

As Tehillim (Psalms) 146:3-4 says, “Do not rely on… human being, for he holds no salvation. …

Yet many people know everything what their church founder, elder or preacher said or written, than what G-d in the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) through His servants the prophets.

Question:

Is G-d ever pleased with you in doing so?

Read or listen in plain verse and words to obey G-d’s pure word.

“Bitter Sweet”

Israel is [like] a vine that has shed the fruit that befits it, when his fruit was abundant, he increased altars; when his land was bountiful, they improved pillars.
10:1
Their hearts have become detached [from God]; now they will become desolate. He will destroy their altars and will lay waste to their pillars.
:2
They have spoken words, swearing falsely, sealing covenants, …
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And the high places of Aven — the sin of Israel — will be destroyed; thorn and thistle will sprout up on their altars; they will say to the mountains, ‘Cover us!” and to the hills, ‘Fall upon us!”
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[I said,] ‘Sow for yourselves righteousness and you will reap according to kindness; till for yourselves a tilling and [set] a time to seek Hashem until He comes and teaches you righteousness.’
:12
But you have plowed wickedness, and you have reaped iniquity and eaten the fruit of denial; for you have relied on your [evil] way, on your many mighty men.
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1 Israel is a vine devoid of fruit fitting for it. When I increased their good, they increased for the altars; when I increased for their land, they increased pillars.
2 Their heart has parted; now they shall be desolate. That shall demolish their altars, plunder their pillars.
3 For now they shall say, “We have no king, for we did not fear the Lord; now what shall the king do for us?”
4 They spoke words, swearing falsely, forming a covenant, and judgment shall spring up like hemlock on the furrows of the field.
5 Because of the calves of Beth-aven, the neighbors in Samaria shall be frightened, for its people shall mourn over it, and its priests, would rejoice over it, because of its glory, for it has been exiled from it.
6 That too shall be carried off to Assyria, a gift to King Yareb; Ephraim shall take shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel.
7 The king of Samaria is silenced and is like foam on the surface of the water.
8 The high places of Aven are destroyed, the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles shall come up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us up,” and to the hills, “Fall upon us.”
9 Since the days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel! There they remained; the battle against the haughty did not overtake them in Gibeah.
10 With My will, I chastised them, and nations shall gather about them, when they bind them to their two eyes.
11 And Ephraim is a goaded heifer that loves to thresh, and I passed over her fair neck; I will cause Ephraim to ride, Judah shall plow, Jacob shall break his clods.
12 Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap according to loving-kindness, plow yourselves a plowing, and it is time to seek the Lord, until He comes and instructs you in righteousness.
13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten fruit of lies, for you have relied on your way, on the abundance of your mighty men.
14 And a tumult shall rise in your peoples, and all your fortresses shall be plundered, as the plunder of a peaceful people by an ambush on a day of war; the mother with the children was dashed to pieces.
15 So has Bethel done to you because of the evil of your wickedness; at dawn, the king of Israel has been silenced.