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An analogy between adulterous Israel and the church

Scripture Reading 2 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, take to yourself an adulterous wife and children of unfaithfulness, because the land is guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from the Lord .” 3 So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and…

Introduction 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. When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom…

Introduction According to the first verse, Hosea’s prophetic career spanned at least forty years. It began sometime during the reign of Jeroboam II, who ruled Israel, the Northern Kingdom According to the first verse, Hosea’s prophetic career spanned at least forty years. It began sometime towards the…

Hosea 1:2-10 The Family of Hosea 2 When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the LORD." 3 So he went and took Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and…