EXAMINATION CONSIDERATIONS 1. Was Hosea's marriage actual or symbolic? 2. Did God command Hosea to do something immoral in marrying a woman of harlotry? 3. Why did God command Hosea to marry and live with such a woman? ASSOCIATIONS Associate the persons or events of column one with the corr... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVE RECONCILING PEACE REMAINSLURED TEXT: Hosea 14:1-3 1 O Israel, return unto Jehovah thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and return unto Jehovah: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and accept that which is good: so will we render as bullocks the offering... [ Continue Reading ]
PEACE REMAINSLAVED TEXT: Hosea 14:4-6 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be a... [ Continue Reading ]
PEACE REMAINSLOVED TEXT: Hosea 14:7-8 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 8 Ephriam shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I... [ Continue Reading ]
EPILOGUE OR POSTSCRIPT TEXT: Hosea 14:9 9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein. QUERIES a. Why did Hosea add this Epilogue or Postscript? b. W... [ Continue Reading ]