“HOSEA”

Hosea 1-14

• The son of Beeri

• The northern kingdom of Israel

• During the reign of Jeroboam

• Before Samaria falls to Assyria

• A contemporary of Isaiah

The prophets were given unusual ways to illustrate God’s messages:

• Jeremiah
• wearing and hiding a linen belt
• smashing a clay jar
• wearing a yoke
• buying a field
• Ezekiel
• building a model of Jerusalem and laying by it
• shaving his head and beard with a sword
• Hosea
• marrying an unfaithful woman and then taking her back

1. Hosea is prepared for declaring God’s message. (Ch. 1-3)

- Marriage

- Children

- Unfaithfulness

- Restoration

2. Hosea proclaims God’s message. (Ch. 4-14)

- Covenant

- Unfaithfulness

• a. Complacent commitment
• b. Satisfaction elsewhere
• c. Having it both ways

- Judgment

- Restoration

3. Hosea provides us with something to think about.