Hosea wrote this book to remind the Israelites that ours is a loving God whose loyalty to His covenant people is unwavering.
In spite of Israel's continual turning to false gods, God's steadfast love is portrayed in the long-suffering husband of the unfaithful wife.Hosea's message is also one of warning to those who would turn their backs on God's love. Through the symbolic presentation of the marriage of Hosea and Gomer, God's love for the idolatrous nation of Israel is displayed in a rich metaphor in the themes of sin, judgment, and forgiving love.
3357 views · 0 secs ago
Scroll to:
Authorship: (Assumed)Unknown |
Year Written: (Assumed)755-725 BC |
Manuscript: (Earliest Available)1010 AD - Complete - Leningrad Codex (Masoretic Text) |
Scripture Type:Old TestamentThe first of the two main divisions of the Christian Bible, comprising the Law, the Prophets and the Hagiographa. It is considered the complete Bible of the Jews including the Torah |
Further Reading:earlyjewishwritings.com/hosea.html www.openbible.info/geo/preview/hos google.com/search |
VIDEO (4
) | HOSEA
SCRIPTURE TEXT (15) | HOSEA
Hosea | Chapter: 10 | Verses: 15Chapter:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images.
1 of 15
For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?
2 of 15
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
3 of 15
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it.
4 of 15
It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.
5 of 15
The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
7 of 15
O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them.
8 of 15
It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
9 of 15
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
10 of 15
Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.
11 of 15
Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
12 of 15
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
13 of 15
So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
14 of 15
Hosea | Chapter: 10 | Verses: 15Chapter:1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 |
WARNING: Before You Read The Torah, Bible, Quran etc.
All SCRIPTURE TEXT has Context and Background. Text should never be read literally or in isolation. Always seek clarification from religious scholars and teachers. In general, to study Text requires four principles:1. Literal Meaning - What the Text says
2. Historical Setting - The story events; how the Text was understood in its time
3. Grammar - The surrounding sentence and paragraph; textual context
4. Synthesis - A comparison with similar Texts to give a better contextual understanding
