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Book of hosea sermon series creative inspiration ministry worship bible branding quilts image forest hill church relentless a series on the book of hosea book of hosea weekend messages forest hill dear lord relentless word of god the book one shoulder wedding dress bible. You can find the best commentary on hosea for you using the tools on the right side. Hosea 1 niv the word of the lord that came to hosea bible. Its fourteen chapters contain both a warning concerning future events and an interpretation of these events meanings. Hosea was called to marry a woman of adultery and produce children of adultery. He lived during a time of national decline and ruin, the result of the sin of israel. The book of hosea was a severe warning to the northern kingdom against the growing idolatry being practiced there. Painters 60th birthday, presenting her seven books, links to interviews and other resources, and birthday congratulations and tributes from friends, family, and colleagues. In most of the book, hosea says that israel will have death and illness. Hosea 1 commentary the expositors bible commentary. Hosea 3 niv bible the lord said to me, go, show your. If pharaoh could have read the book of hosea, he would have known that the lord was a sovereign god chapters.

The scroll begins with god telling the prophet to act out the. This chapter contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet hosea son of beeri, about gods former benefits, and israels ingratitude resulting in punishment, but god still promises restoration. Intro to hosea biblica the international bible society. Before that, however, in early 1949, it took part in operation magic carpet, which brought the jews of yemen to israel. Hosea chapter 2 kjv king james version hosea chapter 2 teaches me about the love god have for humanity. 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. Hosea summary we have detailed a brief summary of the book of hosea for bible study or sunday school lessons. It is the same message that many of the prophets gave before the exile. According to the traditional order of most hebrew bibles, it is the first of the twelve minor prophets 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. During the time of the minor prophets, the nation of israel had divided into two separate countries, each with its own government. Worship of the fertility god, ba al, involved sexual activities at his temple to ensure a prosperous growing season.

Nell irvin painter is a historian who has won critical acclaim for her many books, most of which focus on african american history. Mar 18, 2020 book of hosea bible survey what are the major prophets and minor prophets. At the same time, the text also indicates that god called hosea to go again and love his former wife cf. Hosea 5 niv judgment against israel hear this, bible gateway. But if she were already a temple prostitute, according to the law, he would be forbidden to marriage her. Hubbard, hosea tyndale ot commentaries, characterizes the genre when he states. Francine rivers 1991 novel redeeming love tells the story of a prostitute named angel in the 1850s american west, based on the story of gomer. In the hebrew bible, hosea son of beeri, was an 8thcentury bc prophet in israel who authored the book of prophecies bearing his name. Each blessing or curse is based upon a corresponding type in the mosaic law. Hosea 1 is the first chapter of the book of hosea in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. Hoseas primary audience was ephraim another name for the northern kingdom, israel, which is mentioned 35 times in the book. Say to your brothers, ammi, and to your sisters, ruhamah. The book of hosea is the first of the twelve minor prophets. He lived, as we are told in the first verse, during the reigns of uzziah, jotham, ahaz, and hezekiah kings of judah, the southern kingdom, and during the reign of jeroboam, the son of joash, the king of israel.

Hosea chapter 1 kjv king james version 1 the word of the lord that came unto hosea, the son of beeri, in the days of uzziah, jotham, ahaz, and hezekiah, kings of judah, and in the days of jeroboam the son of joash, king of israel. Fortunately, the book that bears his name has been preserved. In hosea, we hear gods broken heart, his longing for his covenant people, who were so often unfaithful to him. Top 5 commentaries on the book of hosea ligonier ministries. 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. Hosea delivers a plea to israel and a complaint against her 6. Perhaps among the most surprising of the prophetic insights in hosea is the discovery of the prerequisites for the second coming of jesus christ. Estonian writer ain kalmus 1950 novel prophet tells the tragic love story of gomer and hosea. By them hosea expresses his deep woe over israels condition. David guzik commentary on hosea 1, where god commands hosea to marry a prostitute, and gives a promise of future restoration for the children of israel. Hoseas job was to tell his people that there was danger. Hosea, the son of beeri, prophesied for quite some time, from 785 to 725 b. Christians extend the analogy of hosea to christ and the church.

In spite of israels continual turning to false gods, gods steadfast love is portrayed in the longsuffering husband of the unfaithful wife. Hosea 2 is the second chapter of the book of hosea in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. How are people destroyed from a lack of knowledge hosea 4. 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. It is important to explore the historical israel, as revealed through the word of god the bible. The book is perhaps best known for the story of hoseas sad marriage to gomer.

Hosea 11 is the eleventh chapter of the book of hosea in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. Chapter 14 closes with an appeal to true repentance. One year later the airline began to operate commercial flights to rome and paris. Hosea is the first of the 12 minor prophets called minor not because they are of less importance, but because the books are shorter. Chapters 414 give excerpts from hoseas preaching of grace and judgment leading up to the fall of israel in 722 bc. The book of hosea consists of fourteen chapters, which was the record for a minor prophet until zechariah tied it a couple centuries later. He married an unfaithful woman and named his children as signs, all of which complimented his message of judgment. As a rostered lcms pastor, teacher, musician, or dce you receive a 20% discount on qualifying books, bibles, professional books, and the lutheran study bible, when purchased for personal use.

The book of hosea describes hoseas marriage to gomer and its prophetic meaning for israel. In the latter context, whom do you believe gomers three children represent. Hosea heard gods call to marry, what israel herself was, a prostitute. It may be that they personally walked for a time in their mothers evil ways.

In this book, hosea accuses israel of breaking their covenant with god and warns them of the tragic consequences to follow. The book of hosea illustrates that no one is beyond the offer of our forgiveness because no one sits outside gods offer of forgiveness. Chapters are so powerful and personal that i want to walk through them with you and make some brief comments and applications as we go. As we enter this book, which unlike other prophets who are often powerful untouchable voices, or mysterious and enigmatic figures speaking from the shadows, hosea is simple and straightforward, and most of all about faithful love. That country is a model nation, for through this people, we learn gods ways of dealing with the nations. In structure, the book is di vided into two major sections. Hosea announces israels punishment 6 for even if they flee destruction, egypt will gather them and memphis will bury them.

The book of hosea illustrates that no one is beyond the offer of our forgiveness because no one sits outside gods offer of. 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. And his name is related to the name joshua, which means salvation. The book reveals the personality of the prophet, an emotional man who in a moment could swing from violent anger to the deepest tenderness. We remain with the northern kingdom this week, as the prophet hosea, about a hundred years after the ministry of elijah, continues to entreat the people to return to faithful worship and covenant loyalty to their god. The book contains a series of blessings and curses announced for israel by god through hosea.

For she did not know that it was i who gave her the grain and the wine and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which theyused for ba al, hosea 2. According to the superscription, hosea began his prophetic activity during the reign of jeroboam ii c. Hosea s illstarred children were cursed in the very names which they bore. Transcribed and edited by david sielaff, october 2012.

Andersen and freedman hosea, 60 write that there are more than enough oddities and peculiarities which can be defended, interpreted. Hosea lived about the same time as the prophet isaiah and that was during the reigns of uzziah, jotham, ahaz, and hezekiah. At the same time he shows the future ways of god with his people. God was going to make sure that israel kept his covenant. Hosea esv the word of the lord that came to bible gateway. If one accepts van seeters postexilic date for the yahwist, hosea is the earliest book in the canon to use covenant as a metaphor for yhwhs relationship with israel and does so in theological, as well as political, terms. Why did god tell hosea to marry a prostitute hosea 1. What follows is a period of unrest and political instability. 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. Then, there is the possibility that hosea actually fell in love with gomer.

He was a prophet to the northern kingdom and is a type of yahshua. When the assyrians overran the land, someone escaped to the south and brought the manuscript to the city of jerusalem. Hoseas life and marriage were used in an analogous way to demonstrate the waywardness of israel. Hosea s life and marriage were used in an analogous way to demonstrate the waywardness of israel and the steadfast, intimately personal love of yhwh. As we begin our study, i would like to give you an introduction to the life and times of hosea, so we can properly place the book in its historical context. Hosea wrote this book to remind the israelitesand usthat ours is a loving god whose loyalty to his covenant people is unwavering.

Like amos, hosea was a prophet who was active in the northern kingdom of israel hosea also refers to israel as ephraim and samaria. Hosea s life and book are an encounter not with the idealism of life but with the harshness of its reality. The first three chapters use hoseas life to illustrate his prophetic message, as he marries gomer, who is repeatedly unfaithful to him. Nonetheless, he looked forward to a day when the common noun baal. Chapters 1 and 3 are historical narrative of the life and times of hosea, while chapter 2 is poetry. The personal use discount applies for one of an item for you or your immediate family members where applicable. Hosea or hoshea in hebrew means savior or salvation. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet hosea son of beeri, and this chapter especially set forth the spiritual whoredom of israel by symbolical acts.

Nell irvin painter is a leading historian of the united states. Neufeld, from near eastern parallels, argues that she is not my wife and i am not her husband hos. Hosea was the last of the prophets of the northern kingdom. Hosea was a young preacher in the nation of israel, the northern kingdom, and he was a. Christians see in this book a comparable call to the church not to forsake the. Hosea 1 english standard version esv 1 the word of the lord that came to hosea, the son of beeri, in the days of uzziah, jotham, ahaz, and hezekiah, kings of judah, and in the days of jeroboam the son of joash, king of israel. In the book of hosea, israel is first of all depicted as being unfaithful to her first husband. In keeping with this theme, the book of hosea is laden with message after message of judgment and denunciation of israel for their false religion, outright wickedness, and moral hypocrisy. Charles scribners son, 1905 clxxiii writes that hosea is one of the most corrupt texts in the 0. For hosea this is the young lion in the house of judah. He was a preacher to the northern kingdom of israel during the days of jeroboam ii see chronological orientation, also compare prophetic headings. Amos hebrew bibleold testament commentaries libguides.

The book of hosea stands first in the division of the bible called the book of the twelve in the apocrypha cf. Highlights from the book of hosea watchtower online library. In ancient hebrew manuscripts the collection of the minor prophets was written on one scroll, called the book of the twelve. Hosea is probably the second best known of the minor prophets, after jonah.

Like the book of amos, the book of hosea is addressed to the people of the northern kingdom israel. It is that profound pathos, let loose towards israel in speech after speech, irony after irony, metaphor after metaphor, question after question, which gives the book. 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. Hosea son of beeri prophesied about the middle of the eighth century b. Study of hosea 1 this corresponds to the assyrian period written about 60 years before israel was carried away into assyria. Throughout the book, the prophet speaks to the people of israel about the critical situation that developed during the.

Michael card has a song called song of gomer on his album the word. It is a part of the book of the twelve minor prophets. Hosea, a prophet from the northern kingdom, preached in his homeland, which he addresses as israel, jacob or, frequently, ephraim. 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.

Hosea was a young preacher in the nation of israel, the northern kingdom, and he was a contemporary of the prophets isaiah and amos. Hosea is the first book of the twelve minor prophets. Under the rulership of jeroboam ii, there is material prosperity in israel, but that wanes soon after his death. The lord said to me, go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. And they actually turned against him, the very one who helped them hos. 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. The book of the twelve prophets is a multifaceted literary composition that functions simultaneously in al jewish and christian versions of the bible as a single prophetic book and as a collection of twelve individual prophetic books. Love her as the lord loves the israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes. A summary, synopsis or recap is a shortened version of the original. Uncharacteristically, when the word of the lord first came to hosea, it was not to give him a message to relay but a personal instruction to marry a harlot zanah. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet hosea son of beeri and this chapter contains the application of the symbols in the first chapter. Book of hosea overview insight for living ministries. In the bible, metaphors for god are drawn from a wide variety of areas.

He may have been among the priests in his station in view of his knowledge concerning religious affairs, but this is not certain an introduction to the book of hosea bible. In condemning this behavior, hosea asserts that yahweh is the true provider. There are two unequal sections in the book of hosea, composed of chapters and 414. Some critics, however, believe later editors redactors added the prophecies concerning judah e. The book of hosea was likely written between 755 and 725 b. A teaching outline for the book of hosea expository. This is a very important chapter for understanding of the two house restoration message. Perhaps this needs a discussion of hoseas contribution to the development of the idea of covenant. Their precious silver will be taken over by thistles, and thorns will overrun their tents. Dearman captures well the metaphorical theology of hosea. Understanding the message of the book of hosea depends upon understanding the sinai covenant.

Bible study guides and copywork book hosea, joel, amos, obadiah, jonah, micah, nahum, habakkuk, zephaniah, haggai, zechariah and malachi memorize the bible bible copyworks. Hoseas fundamental idea is the love of god for his people. True worship has all but disappeared from the northern tentribe kingdom of israel. Hoseas story teaches us to find hope in the midst of doom. Hoseas message was primarily for the northern kingdom of israel. 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, the 24th volume in the anchor bible commentary series is a collaborative effort between leading ot scholars francis i. Hosea 1 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, written by 29 eminent scholars, is one of the mostrecognized standards of expository commentaries. The commentary includes a new translation, painstakingly documented and in lockstep with the abundant manuscript evidence of this unique and. Israel is the lords bride, but israel has instead joined itself to baal, the false god worshiped in syriapalestine. The hebrew words occur in the seventh verse of chapter 11 of the book of hosea, v. Each of the twelve individual books hosea, joel, amos, obadiah, jonah, micah, nahum, habakkuk, zephaniah. Hosea continues to love his wife, despite her unfaithfulness to him and so his marriage is a picture of gods covenantal love for his people and israels continual unfaithfulness to him. In a stricter sense, therefore, than amos who, though a native of tekoah, had a prophetic mission to the north, hosea may be called the prophet of northern israel, and his book, as ewald has said, is the prophetic voice wrung from the bosom of the kingdom itself.

It is truly an amazing book and, like all of the books of the bible, the holy spirit always rewards the diligent student. Hosea is a study not of the should but of the is, or was it. Hosea uses this verb in a threat of driving israel out of the lords house hos. This outline and bibliography are offered with the prayer that they will enhance the study of the book of hosea for the busy pastor who must take time from an already busy schedule to make preparation for a weeks study in his church. Israel, the northern country consisting of ten tribes, and judah, the remaining two tribes in the south.

Hosea said that god was going to punish his people. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the. The book, however, is best known for the story of hosea s unstable marriage to the harlot, gomer hosea. Most agree that the book of hosea is largely allegorical and that hosea represents god, while gomer represents unfaithful israel. Good morning girls resources for the book of hosea women. 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. 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. According to the traditional order of most hebrew bibles, it is the first of the twelve minor prophets. As a result, the english translations of the book sometimes offer very different readings of the same passage. Hosea, or hoshea the church of jesus christ of latterday saints.

It is hoseas personal account of his prophetic messages to the children of god and to the world. 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. 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. However, all of scripture is somewhat of a parable, with applicability to all times and generations. 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. The book of hosea is one of the books of the hebrew bible.

Hosea began his mission in a period of prosperity, the last years of jeroboam ii 783743 b. The second part of the book contains longish lamentations of hosea. 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. Black migration to kansas after reconstruction, explores the relocation of southern african americans to kansas in the 1880s. Unlike amos, hosea preached to his own people in israel d. The book is a mixture of prose and poetry mostly poetry. Often, we do not recognize the derivation of these bible names, but this prophets name would be joseph in english. Israel in a later time, paid tribute to shalmaneser to postpone the inevitable. It offers a fresh interpretation of hosea the book and of the prophets life and work. 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 s writings and prophecies may have been collected and edited after his death.