1. Hosea 4:5 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why will God destroy the priest’s mother?

Hosea 4:5 (ESV)

5 You shall stumble by day; the prophet also shall stumble with you by night; and I will destroy your mother.

The third figure affected by God’s judgment is the priest’s mother. Mothers played an important role in the family (certainly also at a later stage of the child's education). But the priest’s mother did not give her son the wisdom and example he needed.