Hosea is instructed to marry a harlot who leaves him, and he must bring her back. This is a sign of God’s relationship with his people.
1. God told Hosea to marry a prostitute to indicate how the people have committed harlotry[...]
2. Israel is referred to as an adulterous wife and her children harlotry children. The Lord[...]
3. God commands Hosea to go back and love Gomer. He buys her fifteen shekels. The Israelites[...]
4. The land will mourn, and all inhabitants shall waste away. The priests are ineffective[...]
5. God said to the people, “Hear this, O priests, O kings! Israel will stumble in his[...]
6. Let us return to the Lord. He has punished us, but He will come to us like rain.[...]
7. Israelites think that God has forgotten their sins and wickedness. Their hearts are[...]
8. God is angered by the idols such as Samaria’s calf. They sow the wind and reap the[...]
9. Due to their transgressions, the days of punishment have come. Egypt shall punish Israel,[...]
10. Israel has an empty vine and a throne. Their high places will be desolated, and thorn[...]
11. Ephraim is likened to an ungrateful child in response to God’s loving care with[...]
12. Though they are confident in their wealth, God will humble them. Their idols are vanity.[...]
13. God did not bless Israelites when they worshipped Baal, but they never ceased. They are[...]
14. Israel should repent and acknowledge that Assyria cannot save them. The Lord will save[...]