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Hosea
Feature Pages(3)
- FeatureHosea — the Study GuideGod stakes His own covenant love on a broken human marriage. The book's own zig-zag — judgment, a flicker of hope, deeper judgment, the deepest compassion at chapter 11, and a final unconditional healing at chapter 14.
- FeatureThe TwelveHosea to Malachi — twelve short prophets the Hebrew canon read as one scroll, threaded by the Day of the LORD.
- FeatureGomer — Bought BackThe command God gave a prophet to marry an unfaithful woman, held at full strength on both sides — the three children named as verdicts and reversed, and the price Hosea paid to buy his own wife back.
Verses(5+)
- VerseHosea 1:3So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
- VerseRomans 9:25As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
- VerseHosea 1:4Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
- VerseHosea 1:2When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by…
- VerseHosea 1:1This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
People(2)
- PersonHoseaCommanded to marry Gomer and to buy her back after her unfaithfulness — the prophet whose broken marriage preached Jehovah's covenant love (hesed) for adulterous Israel: "I…
- PersonJeroboam IIIsrael's long-reigning northern king (2 Kings 14:23-29) whose military success and prosperity form the golden backdrop Amos and Hosea prophesied against.
Words (Strong's)(4)
Themes(5)
- ThemeRedemptionRedemption is the Bible's word for rescue that costs something. Two Hebrew verbs carry the weight: *ga'al*, the act of a near kinsman (*go'el*) who buys back land, a person, or…
- ThemeResurrectionThe hope of resurrection surfaces gradually across the Old Testament before it becomes explicit. Job — likely the oldest book in the canon — already confesses a living Redeemer…
- ThemeCovenantIn Scripture a covenant is not a vague feeling. It is a formal, oath-bound promise between named parties, with a stated promise and usually a visible sign to mark it. (The…
- ThemeLoveThe Old Testament's word for it is *chesed* — not a feeling but a covenant posture: steadfast, loyal, obligated love that keeps showing up whether or not it is deserved. God's…
- ThemeMercyMercy in Scripture is not a mood God occasionally feels but a self-disclosed name. When the LORD passes before Moses on Sinai and proclaims who He is, the first words out are…
Topics(1)
Prophecies(3)
- ProphecyFall of Samaria to AssyriaHosea and Amos predicted the destruction of Samaria and the northern kingdom's capital by foreign invaders.
- ProphecyNorthern Tribes Scattered and LostHosea predicted the northern tribes would be 'swallowed up' among the Gentiles and become 'wanderers among the nations.'
- ProphecyResurrection on the Third DayHosea's prophecy of revival on the third day, read corporately as Israel's restoration, is echoed in the Messiah's resurrection on the third day. Paul specifies that the…