Contemplative Bible Reading

Hosea 7:11-12 (New Living Translation)

11 The people of Israel have become like silly, witless doves,
first calling to Egypt, then flying to Assyria for help.
12 But as they fly about,
I will throw my net over them
and bring them down like a bird from the sky.
I will punish them for all the evil they do.

This isn’t very complimentary. Calling a group of people, “silly, witless doves.”

In hindsight, it is sort of an insult to doves to liken them to what God’s people were doing. I give credit to doves to behave better than how the people behaved.

Still, here it is in black and white. Gosh. Those people. Imagine how witless and silly they were. Sort of like me. God, please help me in my unbelief.