Hosea 3:5a

"Afterward shall the children of Israel return, (They're going to come back from this time out in the dispersion.) and seek the LORD their God, and David their king;..."

Now here again, don't get confused with that, because Christ in Scripture is the Son of David. Although some teach that David may rule and Christ over David--I'm not going to make a big argument of it--but I don't think so. I think Christ is going to rule from David's throne on Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

Hosea 3:5b

"...and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days." Well, that's where we are. We're in the latter days, I think, of God's program for Israel and for the world.

All right, now let's jump into chapter 4. Again, God's going to come right back and deal with Israel's sin, and all their sin is associated with their idolatry. I'll point that out as we come to it. Verse 1

Hosea 4:1

"Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel:..." See, now this isn't written to us. This is written to Israel. But it's for our learning, as Paul puts it. So, it's still Scripture. It's the Word of God, but it's not written to us. It's written to the Jew