Places
Berea in Hosea 13
buh-REE-uh
This place shows up in Hosea 13:8: “I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Hosea 13:8
“I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.”
What kids can learn
When you hear berea in Hosea, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Hosea 13:8 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Hosea 13:8
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Iwillmeetthemlikeabearthatisbereavedofhercubs,andwilltearthecoveringoftheirheart.ThereIwillthemlikealioness.Thewildwillthem.