Monday, January 28, 2019

READ IT! - Introduction to Hosea 2-8


Readings for this week


Monday: Hosea 2
Tuesday: Hosea 3
Wednesday: Hosea 4
Thursday: Hosea 5
Friday: Hosea 6
Saturday: Hosea 7
Sunday: Hosea 8


Introduction to Hosea 2-8

Chapter 2

Later, a son is born to Gomer. It is also questionable whether this child was Hosea's, for God commands that his name be Lo-Ammi. Lo-Ammi means “not my people.” The child bore this name of shame to show that the Northern Kingdom would also be shamed, for its people would no longer be known as God's People. In other words, the Northern Kingdom had been rejected by God.

Chapter 3

At God's command, Hosea seeks out Gomer once more. Either she has sold herself into slavery for debt, or she is with a lover who demands money in order to give her up, because Hosea has to buy her back. He takes her home, but refrains from sexual intimacy with her for many days, to symbolize the fact that Israel will be without a king for many years, but that God will take Israel back, even at a cost to Himself.


Chapter 4 

Chapters 4–14 spell out the allegory at length.

Chapters 4–10 contain a series of oracles, or prophetic sermons, showing exactly why God is rejecting the Northern Kingdom (what the grounds are for the divorce). 


The LORD has a charge against Israel: "There is no faithfulness. They have left God to play the whore. The rulers love shameful ways."

Chapter 5 

God says, "Hear this, O priests, O king! Israel shall stumble in his guilt. Ephraim is crushed in judgement. I will leave until they seek me." 

Chapter 6 

Hosea says, “Come, let us return to the LORD. On the third day he will raise us up.” God says, "I desire steadfast love, not offerings. Israel is defiled." 

Chapter 7 

"The sins of Ephraim are revealed. They are like a heated oven. They call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria. Woe to them for they have strayed!" 

Chapter 8 

"A vulture is over Israel. The calf of Samaria shall be broken. The LORD will punish their sins. For Israel has forgotten his Maker." 









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