Verse Hosea 1:2. _A WIFE OF WHOREDOMS_] That is, says _Newcome_, a wife from among the _Israelites_, who were remarkable for spiritual fornication, or idolatry. God calls himself the _husband_ of Isr...
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD OF THE LORD BY HOSEA OR IN HOSEA - God first revealed Himself and His mysteries to the prophet’s soul, by His secret inspiration, and then declared, through him, to others, w...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE REJECTION OF ISRAEL AS THE ADULTEROUS WIFE AND HER FUTURE RECEPTION AND RESTORATION CHAPTER 1 Israel's Sin and Promise of Restoration _ 1. The introduction (Hosea 1...
HOSEA'S MARRIAGE: A PARABLE OF YAHWEH'S RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL. The prophet receives a Divine command to take (_i.e._ marry) a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom. The reason given for this start...
THE BEGINNING, &C. This may be understood not merely of Hosea _'_ sprophecies, but as referring to the fact that Hosea was the first (canonically) of fifteen prophets included in the Hebrew canon. See...
_The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea_ If we render the Hebrew text thus, the words are a heading to the first part of the book, viz. chaps 1 3; they are apparently taken thus by the LXX., t...
_AN INNOCENT HUSBAND AND AN IMMORAL WIFE -- HOSEA 1:1-3:_ Hosea spoke with the authority of God. The book begins powerfully with the words, "The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea." This is no...
TAKE UNTO THEE A WIFE OF WHOREDOMS— That is, a woman, who, before her marriage, had lived an impure life, but who afterward should retire from all bad conversation, and whose children should be legiti...
LOVE REBUFFED GOMER'S INGRATITUDESPIRIT OF HARLOTRY TEXT: Hosea 1:1-8 1 The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah...
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing fro...
HOSEA'S MARRIAGE AND ITS LESSONS 1. A general heading. Hosea 1:2. The prophet's marriage with Gomer, the birth of her three children, and the symbolical meaning attached to them. HOSEA 1:1 TO HOSEA 2...
THE BEGINNING.. LORD] RV 'When the Lord spake at the first by Hosea.' A WIFE OF WHOREDOMS] Hosea is probably speaking in the light of his later experiences. His wife was probably innocent of this evil...
THE MAN WHO NEVER STOPPED LOVING HOSEA _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ INTRODUCTION Hosea wrote in the middle of the eighth century BC (Before Christ). He gave most of his messages to Israel, the country in...
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD... — More correctly, _In the beginning when the Lord spoke to Hosea, the Lord said_... GO, TAKE UNTO THEE A WIFE OF WHOREDOMS. — How are we to interpret the prophet’s marriag...
תְּחִלַּ֥ת דִּבֶּר ־יְהוָ֖ה בְּ הֹושֵׁ֑עַ פ וַ...
THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL WIFE Hosea 1:1; Hosea 2:1; Hosea 3:1 IT has often been remarked that, unlike the first Doomster of Israel, Israel's first Evangelist was one of themselves, a native and citi...
GOD GATHERS THE OUTCAST Hosea 1:1-11 The story of Hosea is a pathetic one. He felt impressed that it was his duty to take as wife one whose earlier life had been unchaste. From this marriage resulted...
The statement with which this prophecy opens, "When the Lord spake at the first," is a declaration by Hosea long after the events. Looking back, he understood that the impulse which resulted in the he...
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife (c) of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, [departing...
Fornications. That is, a wife that hath been given to fornication. This was to represent the Lord's proceedings with his people Israel, who, by spiritual fornication, were continually offending him. ...
Some have thought, that what is here said of Hosea, was in vision, and not in reality. But others have deemed it to be literally as is here stated. In either sense, the doctrine is the same. God inten...
The prophecy of Hosea naturally divides itself into two principal divisions with minor sections. The first consists of Hosea 1:1-11; Hosea 2:1-23; Hosea 3:1-5; the second, of the rest of the book. Wit...
Introduction I. INTRODUCTION A. We have finished the book of Daniel and today we begin the first book in what is classified as "The Minor Prophets." 1. The classification is really a little unfair...
The Prophet shows here what charge was given him at the beginning, even to declare open war with the Israelites, and to be, as it were, very angry in the person of God, and to denounce destruction. He...
The first three Chapter s compose the first part, or the revelations of God's purposes with respect to Israel. From the outset Israel is treated as being in a state of rebellion against God The prophe...
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD OF THE LORD BY HOSEA,.... Or "in Hosea" i; which was internally revealed to him, and was inspired into him, by the Holy Ghost, who first spoke in him, and then by him; not th...
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, [departing] fr...
_The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea_ Or, as some render it, _to Hosea;_ phrases however of different import; for to speak _to_ a person, expresses that the discourse was immediately addres...
ISRAEL TO BE REJECTED ON ACCOUNT OF ITS IDOLATRY...
The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea, literally, "In the beginning when Jehovah spoke with Hosea,". AND THE LORD SAID TO HOSEA, GO, TAKE UNTO THEE A WIFE OF WHOREDOMS, most commentators beli...
1-7 Israel was prosperous, yet then Hosea boldly tells them of their sins, and foretells their destruction. Men are not to be flattered in sinful ways because they prosper in the world; nor will it l...
THE BEGINNING OF THE WORD OF THE LORD: this, say some, gives Hosea the precedence of all the prophets, which perhaps may be allowed to him among all the prophets that have written distinct books of th...
Hosea 1:2 LORD H3068 began H8462 speak H1696 (H8763) Hosea H1954 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Hosea...
HOSEA'S WIFE AND CHILDREN ARE TO BE A SIGN OF THE UNFAITHFULNESS OF ISRAEL (HOSEA 1:2 TO HOSEA 2:5 A). There is no reason in chapter 1 for seeing Gomer's ‘whoredom' as being anything other than spirit...
YHWH'S STEADFAST LOVE FOR ISRAEL AND HER UNFAITHFULNESS TO HIM IS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ASSURANCE THAT ONE DAY THERE WILL BE FULL RESTORATION (HOSEA 1:2 TO HOSEA 3:5)...
YHWH'S STEADFAST LOVE FOR ISRAEL AND HER UNFAITHFULNESS TO HIM IS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP WITH AN ASSURANCE THAT ONE DAY THERE WILL BE FULL RESTORATION (HOSEA 1:2 TO HOSEA 3:5)...
‘When YHWH spoke at the first by Hosea, YHWH said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom, for the land does commit great whoredom, departing from YHWH.' God's firs...
CONTENTS: Israel, Jehovah's dishonored wife, repudiated, but to be restored. CHARACTERS: God, Hosea, Uzziah, Hezekiah, Jeroboam, Gomer, Jezreel, Jehu, Lo-ruhamah, Lo-ammi. CONCLUSION: Giving glory to...
Hosea 1:1. _Hosea, the son of Beeri._ The prophets named their parents, not only to distinguish themselves from others of that name, but to mark that they were sons of prophets, or that their fathers...
_The beginning Of the Wold of the Lord by Hosea._ THE PROPHET HOSEA The prophet Hosea is the only individual character that stands out amidst the darkness of this period--the Jeremiah, as he may be c...
_HOMILETICS_ CRITICAL NOTES.— Hosea 1:2. By] Lit. in Hosea, the preposition expresses close relationship with another; cf. Numbers 12:6; Numbers 12:8;...
EXPOSITION HOSEA 1:1 THE WORD OF THE LORD THAT CAME UNTO HOSEA, THE SON OF BEERI. The prophets are divided into the former (_rishonim, _Zechariah 1:4) prophets and the later prophets. The writings of...
Now he tells us in the first verse during the time which he did prophesy. So immediately we realize that as he was prophesying, and his prophecy was essentially to the Northern Kingdom of Israel, but...
2 Chronicles 21:13; 2 Peter 2:14; Deuteronomy 31:16; Exodus 34:15;...
Go take — This was, probably, done in vision, and was to be told to the people, as other visions were: it was parabolically proposed to them, and might have been sufficient to convince the Jews, would...
How could a holy God who condemns harlotry command Hosea to marry a harlot? PROBLEM: God commanded Hosea to “take yourself a wife of harlotry.” However, according to Exodus 20:14, adultery is a sin; a...