2008-01-09T12:41:02-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/farmers/ http://sermonindex.net/modules/articles/index.php?view=article&aid=579 2008-01-09T12:41:02-05:00 The Jews were a nation of farmers, and it is therefore a common thing in the scriptures to refer for Illustrations to their occupation, and to the scenes with which farmers and shepherds are familiar. The prophet Hosea addresses them as a nation of backsliders; he reproves them for their idolatry, a