Pentecost Season · The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus · Year B
Hosea 11:1, 3-4, 8c-9
The Compassion of God
June 4, 2027
Overview & Insights
"My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender." (Hosea 11:8)
The Lord remembers raising Israel as a beloved child and, though the people have turned away, refuses to give them up because his tender compassion overcomes his anger.
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Commentary
Enduring Word: Hosea 11 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on God's fatherly love for wayward Israel.
BibleHub: Commentaries on Hosea 11:1 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the opening of the chapter.
Precept Austin: Hosea Commentaries Precept Austin
Collected verse-by-verse resources and commentators for Hosea.
CEP: Hosea 11:1-11 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary on the anguished, tender heart of God in Hosea 11.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Hosea Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to Hosea and its covenant themes.
BibleProject: Hosea Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of Hosea and its portrait of God's covenant love.
Sefaria: Hosea 11 (Hebrew) Sefaria
Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary on the chapter.
BibleHub: Hosea 11 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
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