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 ]
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDESPIRIT OF HARLOTRY TEXT: Hosea 2:1-5 1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. 2 Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDESPURIOUS LOVERS TEXT: Hosea 2:6-8 6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths. 7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL'S INGRATITUDESHAME REVEALED TEXT: Hosea 2:9-13 9 Therefore will I take back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness. 10 And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lov... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVE RECONCILINGISRAEL IS LURED TEXT: Hosea 2:14-15 14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there as in the... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVE RECONCILINGISRAEL IS LAVED TEXT: Hosea 2:16-20 16 And it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi (That is, My husband), and shalt call me no more Baali (that is, My master). 17 For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more b... [ Continue Reading ]
LOVE RECONCILINGISRAEL IS LOVED TEXT: Hosea 2:21-23 21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith Jehovah, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth; 22 and the earth shall answer the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall answer Jezreel. 23 And... [ Continue Reading ]