Gods holiness is contrasted with israels corruption, which. The book of hosea illustrates that no one is beyond the offer of our forgiveness because no one sits outside gods offer of forgiveness. Boda, mcmaster divinity college mcmaster universitythe book of hosea is pound for pound as difficult a prophetic book as one can find in the bible, so we appreciate the work of j. When the lord began to speak through hosea, the lord said to him, go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this. According to the book, the apostasy of the people was rampant, having turned away from god in order to serve both the calves of jeroboam and baal, a canaanite god. Hosea, the son of beeri, prophesied for quite some time, from 785 to 725 b. Jerome specified that one of the divisions of the jews sacred books was the book of the twelve prophets, which evidently included the book of hosea to fill out the number 12. Hosea bible study guide this article contains a bible study guide and free resource for lessons on the subject of bible study books of the bible including this article on hosea bible study. Introduction hosea the prophet hosea was a prophet who lived and prophesied just before the destruction of israel in 722 bc. According to the books narrative, the relationship between hosea and his unfaithful wife gomer is comparable to th. Highlights from the book of hosea watchtower online library. The book of hosea is one of the books of the hebrew bible. Hosea was a young preacher in the nation of israel, the northern kingdom, and he was a. These twelve prophets are comprised in one single book in the hebrew bible and are called the twelve.
Hosea with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. For hosea this is the young lion in the house of judah. This page which covers hosea bible study is suitable for those requiring an outline for hosea bible study. What follows is a period of unrest and political instability. The marital life of hosea and his wife, gomer, provide the rich metaphor which clarifies the themes of the book. This the book of hosea bible study summary on the book of hosea bible study summary events looks at the book of hosea bible study summary prophecy and asks who is the book of hosea summary about, why is the book of hosea summary important, what is the book of hosea summary message and how does the book of hosea summary message affect you. Not only does the book of hosea provide an example of gods love to a people who have left god behind, but it also shows us what forgiveness and restoration look like in a close relationship. Hosea 1 niv the word of the lord that came to hosea bible. Hosea, an oldtestament prophet, preached his own life message using his marriage as the sermon illustration. Certainly, god brings judgment on those who turn from him, but hosea s powerful act of restoration within his own marriage set the bar high for those of us seeking godliness in our lives. The word of the lord that came to hosea son of beeri during the reigns of uzziah, jotham, ahaz and hezekiah, kings of judah, and during the reign of jeroboam son of jehoash king of israel.
Good morning girls resources for the book of hosea women. Scholars assume he lived in samaria, capital of the northern kingdom. Discussions on the old testament the book of hosea. In the prophetic book of hosea, god uses the life and character of his prophet hosea, as a typology for god and jesus christ himself, as a living metaphor to exemplify the loving holy righteous god we are called to serve. As a result, the english translations of the book sometimes offer very different readings of the same passage. Hoseas message to israel contained both bad news and good news.
Hosea prophesied in the northern kingdom of israel near the end of the reign of jeroboam ii. God is also a holy and just god, and sin must be recompensed. Set around the fall of the northern kingdom of israel, the book of hosea denounces the worship of gods other than yahweh, metaphorically comparing israels abandonment of yahweh to a woman being unfaithful to her husband. If pharaoh could have read the book of hosea, he would have known that the lord was a sovereign god chapters.
This book contains the teachings of the prophet hosea or hoshea. Often, we do not recognize the derivation of these bible names, but this prophets name would be joseph in english. It is the story of hosea and his unfaithful wife, gomer, who illustrate gods relationship with faithless israel. Book of hosea bible book of hosea bible study book of. Book of hosea overview insight for living ministries. Hosea accuses israel of breaking their covenant with god, and warns them of the tragic consequences to follow. A study on the book of hosea free download as powerpoint presentation. Perhaps among the most surprising of the prophetic insights in hosea is the discovery of the prerequisites for the second coming of jesus christ. Because they were all contemporary with hosea, he mentions them all. Hosea 1 niv bible the word of the lord that came to hosea. Hosea, a prophet from the northern kingdom, preached in his homeland, which he addresses as israel, jacob or, frequently, ephraim. Book of hosea, also spelled osee, the first of 12 old testament books that bear the names of the minor prophets, considered as one book, the twelve, in the jewish canon.
Book of hosea old testament britannica encyclopedia britannica. The book of hosea stands first in the order of the socalled minor prophets in common english bibles, as well as in the ancient hebrew and septuagint texts. True worship has all but disappeared from the northern tentribe kingdom of israel. Hosea continues to pursueat times gomer would return to the safety and comfort of hosea but would leave him again. Hosea himself was the author of this book, and he ministered to the people of israel for about 50 years. May 24, 2015 why are we studying the book of hosea in this upcoming bible conference. Hosea probably belong to the time of jeroboam ii but it is extremely improbable that any of the prophecies belong to so late a date as the days of hezekiah, when the punishment foretold at the hands of tiglathpileser pul had already been partially fulfilled on israel 2 kings 15.
A chapter by chapter bible study of the book of hosea in a questions and answers format. Hosea delivers a plea to israel and a complaint against her 6. The hebrew of the book of hosea is challenging to translate, possibly because the text is corrupt or because it is written in a nonstandard dialect of hebrew. You can hear more on this during the upcoming bible conference held at saint. The remainder of the book of hosea consists of a collection of miscellaneous statements expressing hosea s convictions concerning the character of yahweh and yahwehs relation to the people of israel.
Hosea his name meaning to save, salvation is the first of the socalled minor prophets. The book of hosea stands first in the division of the bible called the book of the twelve in the apocrypha cf. Hosea the man lived in israel, not judah, which is seen in hosea 7. Gomer doesnt care anymore and begins to engage in relationship after relationship with other men. Book of hosea, the first of 12 old testament books that bear the names of the minor prophets, considered as one book, the twelve, in the jewish canon. Hosea mentions the four kings of judah first, and then he mentions the king of israel, the northern kingdom. According to the superscription, hosea began his prophetic activity during the reign of jeroboam ii c.
When moses asked pharaoh to let my people go, pharaoh responded, who is the lord that i should obey his voice to let israel go. Study scripture verses with commentary, concordances, and use highlighting, underlining, take notes in the bible. In this book, hosea accuses israel of breaking their covenant with god and warns them of the tragic consequences to follow. Hosea appears to have had the temperament of a poet. Hoseas wife and children when the lord began to speak through hosea, the lord said to him, go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty. He was a prophet to the northern kingdom of israel, as the content of the book reveals. It is truly an amazing book and, like all of the books of the bible, the holy spirit always rewards the diligent student. Like amos, hosea was a prophet who was active in the northern kingdom of israel hosea also refers to israel as ephraim and samaria. The book of hoseaits a deeply personal and passionate love story, yet its a difficult story. The book of hosea was written in the northern kingdom of israel in the eighth century bc, during the reign of jeroboam ii 786746 bc. Book of hosea read, study bible verses online bible study tools. Jan 02, 2020 hosea is the only prophet of israel who left any written prophecies which were recorded during the later years of his life. The book reveals the personality of the prophet, an emotional man who in a moment could swing from violent anger to the deepest tenderness.
Study the book of hosea cornerstone fellowship church. Powerful love overcomes rebellion in the book of hosea. Ephraim was the largest tribe in israel and sometimes the whole nation was referred to as ephraim. The name hosea means he has helped or he has saved. Hosea was instructed by god to marry a certain woman and experience with her a domestic life which was a dramatization of the sin and unfaithfulness of israel. Chapter 10 destruction of idolatrous cultic objects.
Hosea began his mission in a period of prosperity, the last years of jeroboam ii 783743 b. How is the good news illustrated in hosea s marriage. How does hoseas marriage to gomer illustrate gods relationship to israel. Throughout the book you will see that he refers to israel and ephraim. Under the rulership of jeroboam ii, there is material prosperity in israel, but that wanes soon after his death. And like the book of amos, the book of hosea somehow made its way south to jerusalem where it was copied, edited, and preserved to serve as gods word for future generations. No one can read the story of hosea without realizing the agony of his heart. An introduction to the book of hosea the verse of the day each day a summary of the chapter and a reflection question for each day blank space for soaking each chapter of the book of hosea. Top 5 commentaries on the book of hosea ligonier ministries. Then, lift the human to the level of the infinite, and know this, that sin wounds the heart of god. The book is clearly written by hosea during the days jeroboam. Dearman captures well the metaphorical theology of hosea.
According to the traditional order of most hebrew bibles, it is the first of the twelve minor prophets. There is no other biblical information about hosea or his family apart from this book. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built. Hosea prophesied during a dark and melancholic era of israels history, the period of the northern kingdoms decline and fall in the 8th century bc. Hosea was a contemporary of amos, another prophet to israel. While the book of hosea is not in narrative or story form, it does contain a story, although it is interwoven with the text. And his name is related to the name joshua, which means salvation. The book of hosea was likely written between 755 and 725 b. In the hebrew bible, hosea son of beeri, was an 8thcentury bc prophet in israel who authored the book of prophecies bearing his name.
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