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Pentecost Season · Proper 13 · Year C

Hosea 11:1-11

The Compassion of God

August 6, 2028

The Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt van Rijn
The Return of the Prodigal Son, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1668Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
One of Rembrandt's last paintings. The father's two hands are different, one broad and one slender, and the son's shoes are worn through. The elder brother stands to the right, not moving.It is the parable, and Rembrandt painted the part nobody asks about: the brother who stays standing.Rembrandt van RijnRembrandt (1606-1669) painted scripture as if it had happened in a room he had been in, and returned to the same stories across forty years, changing his mind about them in public.Hermitage Museum, Saint PetersburgCatherine the Great's collection grown into one of the largest museums on earth, filling the Winter Palace and the buildings beside it.Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelLuke 12:13-21Lk 12:13-21
EpistleCol. 3:1-11Col 3:1-11
Old TestamentHos. 11:1-11Hos 11:1-11Alt. OTEccl. 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23Eccl 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23
PsalterPs. 107:1-9, 43Ps 107:1-9, 43Alt. PsalmPs. 49:1-12Ps 49:1-12

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

Commentary on Hosea 11:1-11Commentary on Hos 11:1-11 Working Preacher

Reads the chapter's parenting metaphor as testimony to God's steadfast love.

Hosea 11:1-11 CommentaryHos 11:1-11 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching

Situates the passage as a reminder of God's faithful love within the whole book.

Hosea 11 CommentaryHos 11 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Verse-by-verse treatment of God's parental love and Israel's waywardness.

Hosea 11:1 CommentariesHos 11:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries on the exodus allusion that opens the chapter.

Hosea Commentaries & SermonsHos Commentaries & Sermons Precept Austin

Collected verse-by-verse resources for the book of Hosea.

Background & Word Study

Hosea 11:1 InterlinearHos 11:1 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew text and parsing for the opening exodus allusion.

Hosea 11Hos 11 Sefaria

Hebrew text of the chapter alongside classic Jewish commentators.

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