Possibly to counter Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offensive against lifting sanctions against Iran for what he considers to be insufficient nuclear concessions, Iran’s ‘Supreme Leader’ issued some warnings of his own:
Hosea was believed to have lived in the 8th century B.C. The name “Hosea,” means “salvation,” or “He saves,” or “He helps.”
Here is how the Book of Hosea starts:
1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. (Hosea 1:1)
Hosea is shown to have had a difficult time and was told to take harlots as wives. But he also had difficult messages …