Hosea consists of:
· 14
chapters
· 197
verses
Theme: Adultery,
degradation, and redemption
Key Verse(s):
4:1; 11:7-9
Key Chapter:
4
Key Words:
sin; judgment; love
English
phrase taken from Hosea: “Sow the wind;
reap the whirlwind”
“For they have sown the wind, and
they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal:
if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up (Hosea 8:7).”
English translation: “it means that that those to sow little seeds
of evil (wind) shall eventually have to harvest the entire crop of damage (whirl
wind). Similar in meaning to ‘what goes
around comes around.’ but with a warning that it comes back multiplied. it may
seem insignificant at the time of sowing (e.g. gossip/rumor) but it can grow
into a full blown whirlwind which will eventually destroy all including the
sowers.”[1]
Hosea
referenced in the NT:
By Jesus thrice:
·
Matthew
9:13 and 12:7 Hosea 6:6
·
Luke
23:30
Hosea 10:8
By Paul twice:
·
Romans
9:25-26 Hosea 2:23; 1:10
·
1
Corinthians
15:55 Hosea 13:14
By Peter once:
·
1
Peter
2:9-10 Hosea 2:23, 1:10
Hosea’s
name used in the NT is “Osee”[2]
Hosea’s
name means “deliverer; salvation”
Hosea
presented God’s Mercy
Hosea
is one of three prophets that are distinctly narrative prophecies.[3]
Hosea’s
prophecies are filled with very illustrative figures of speech, many of which
were taken from the rural scene.[4]
Hosea
is the first of the twelve books of the Minor Prophets.
Hosea
contains one hundred and fifty references to Israel’s sins.
Christian
tradition claims that Hosea was of the tribe of Issachar.
Hosea
was the son of Beeri,[5]
whose name means “The well of salvation.”
Beeri’s
name reminds us of Isaiah 12:3 and Christ’s discourse to the woman at the well
in John 4:1-30.
Hosea
prophesied to Israel[6]
and lived his life before the tribe of Israel
[1]
Reap the
Whirlwind (blog), April 06, 2004,
http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/30/messages/1444.html.
[2]
Romans 9:25 “As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were
not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.” Compare this verse to Hosea 2:23 and Romans
9:26 to Hosea 1:10 for further evidence of reference to Hosea.
[3]
Jonah and Habakkuk are the other two prophets that wrote prophecy in narrative
form.
[4]
These illustrations were: a cake not
turned, grey hair, a vessel wherein there is no pleasure, balances of deceit,
and an empty vessel.
[5]
Hosea 1:1 Note: Jewish history identifies Beeri with Beerah
of Reuben (I Chronicles 5:6)
[6]
Hosea 1:1
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