Saturday, September 1, 2018

Spoke 6: Hosea 1 and Joshua 2






Comparing Hosea the 6th Book of
the 2nd cycle with Joshua
the 6th book of the 1st cycle
Hosea 1 - Listen

1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people,

10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Joshua 2 - Listen

1 And Joshua the sonof Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy   secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, * named Rahab, and lodged

2 And it was told the king of Jericho,saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.

3 And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.

4 And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men   unto me, but I wist not whence

5 And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake

6 But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in orderupon the roof.

7 And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.

8 And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
9 And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faintbecause

10 For we have heard how the LORDdried up the water of the Red sea for you,when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites,that were on the other side Jordan, Sihonand Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.

11 And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORDyour God, he is God in heaven above,and in earth

12 Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have shewedyou kindness, that ye will also shewkindness unto my father's house, and give   me a true token:

13 And that ye will save alive my father,and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliverour lives from death.

14 And the men answered her, Our lifefor yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly

15 Then she let them down by a cordthrough the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

16 And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterwardmay ye go your way.

17 And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear.

18 Behold, when we come into the land,thou shalt bind this line of scarlet threadin the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father,and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home

19 And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head,and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand

20 And if thou utter this our business,then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear.

21 And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away,and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window.

22 And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days,until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found

23 So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun,   and told him all things that befell

24 And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because





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