Without forgiveness, Israel and Judah face just punishment.
BibleGateway: Hosea 8 ESV Text: Hosea 8 Hosea 8 (Listen) Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind 8:1 Set the trumpet to your lips! One like a vulture is over the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant and rebelled against my law.2 To me they cry, “My God, we—Israel—know you.”3 Israel has spurned the good; the enemy shall pursue him. 4 They…