More of Hosea's Prophecies

Hosea tells of the punishment about to happen to the people of Israel. They are now going to become captive to Assyria. They will be completely stripped of everything and become wanders among their now desolate land. They have just completely rejected everything that God has tried to teach them. Yet, you see that God is being torn by this love that He has for his baby Israel and He just can not seem to give up on His people. What a loving God. That does not mean He does not punish them, it just means that He ends up giving back to them what is theirs. God has sent many messengers over the years to Israel and He will continue to do so.

What this all means? It seems to me that the people always have some sort of excuse why they turn from God. Just like we do today. But you know what? We can be really happy in knowing that Gods love has absolutely NO end and as long as we repent and try to turn away from our sins 2e may still reap punishment, but in the end we will still be able to sit with God.