The people will be in fear of how the Lord will punish them due to their sinful acts. Its people shall mourn for it, and its idolatrous priests shall wail over it, over its glory that has departed from it” (Hosea 10.5). Further on, the Lord depicted the way the people would act when the exile is brought upon them: “The inhabitants of Samaria tremble for the calf of Bethaven.

Nettles shall possess their precious things of silver thorns shall be in their tents” (Hosea 9.6). This is shown in the following verse: “For even if they escape destruction, Egypt shall gather them, Memphis shall bury them. However, it truly was about the exile because, when gaining a deeper understanding of the reference to the festival, the festival was the day the Lord would exile the people. On the surface, it seemed as if this was not the exile being written about. One brief mentioning of the exile was hidden in a question: “What will you do on the day of appointed festival, and on the day of the festival of the Lord?” (Hosea 9.5). Hosea was written before the exile happened and foreshadowed the event happening. In the book of Hosea, the use of more specific sins was described along with claims about the exile. Based on the evidence in the readings Hosea, Micah, and Isaiah, I agree with the prophets that God exiled the people because they failed to follow instructions. When the people realized why they were exiled and started to repent, God forgave them. Therefore, God brought exile upon the people. When God noticed the people’s rebellious way of life, God disliked the way the people were acting. Evil desires were fulfilled, and God started to become angry. However, the people began to partake in many sinful actions. God believed the people had properly listened to the instructions God gave them. God gave the people specific instructions in order to be faithful to the Lord. Throughout the Hebrew Bible, the prophets argued that the exile happened because the people failed to follow God’s instructions.

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