Some interpreters have thought the story to be merely an allegory of the relationīetween God and Israel, others claim, more plausibly, that the story is toīe taken literally. The book of Hosea has at least two perplexing problems. Love that cannot - finally - let Israel go. The major purpose of the book is to proclaim God's compassion and covenant The harshness of language with which the unavoidable judgment was announced, Turned to Baal worship and had sacrificed at the pagan high places, which includedĪssociating with the sacred prostitutes at the sanctuaries ( 4:14) and worshiping Disloyalty to God was spiritualĪdultery ( 4:13-14 5:4 9:1 cf. In the first part of the book by the husband-wife relationship, is later amplifiedīy the father-child relationship ( 11:1-4). The intimacy of the covenant relationship between God and Israel, illustrated Hosea saw the failure to acknowledge God ( 4:1,6 8:2-3 13:4) as Israel'sīasic problem. Information gleaned from materials discovered at Ugarit (dating from the 15thĬentury b.c.) enables us to know more clearly the religious To destruction was to forsake her idols and return to the Lord (chs. Like other prophetic books, Hosea issued a call to repentance. In Canaanite religion, but a systematic outline of the material is difficult. 4 - 14) gives the details of Israel's involvement Or type, of God's future dealings with his people.
Hosea saw Israel's past experiences with the Lord as the fundamental pattern, This return is described with imagery recalling the exodus fromĮgypt and settlement in Canaan (cf. Loved his covenant people and longed to take them back, just as Hosea tookīack Gomer. Worshiping Canaanite deities as the source of their abundance. 2:4,9,18), who had been disloyal to him by The affair graphically represents the Lord's Prophet was ordered to continue loving her, and he took her back and kept her Of the house but it was her reform, not her riddance, that was sought. The children are told to drive the unfaithful mother out 2 alternatesīetween Hosea's relation to Gomer and its symbolic representation of God's Given a symbolic name representing part of the ominous message. Hosea to marry an adulterous wife, Gomer, and their three children were each (similar to the symbolism in the lives of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel) toĬonvey the message the prophet had from the Lord for his people. 1 - 3) narrates the family life of Hosea as a symbol Then, because of the disloyalty of Hoshea (Pekah's successor), Samaria wasĬaptured and its people exiled in 722-721, bringing the northern kingdom toįirst part of the book (chs. Territories of Ephraim and western Manasseh were left to the king of Israel. Israel's throne by killing Pekahiah, Menahem's son and successor). Was dismembered by Assyria because of the intrigue of Pekah (who had gained But shortly afterward, in 733 b.c., Israel "Bloodshed" followed "bloodshed" ( 4:2).Īssyria was expanding westward, and Menahem accepted that world power as overlordĪnd paid tribute ( 2Ki 15:19-20). "in anger" and taken away "in wrath" ( 13:11), floated away "like a twig on While in office, and one (Hoshea) was captured in battle only one (Menahem) Six kings (following Jeroboam II) reigned within 25 years ( 2Ki 15:8 - 17:6).įour (Zechariah, Shallum, Pekahiah, Pekah) were murdered by their successors Hosea lived in the tragic final days of the northern kingdom, during which 1790) or the Minor Prophets (a name referring to the brevity of these booksĪs compared to Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel). The Book of the Twelve (in the Apocrypha cf. The book of Hosea stands first in the division of the Bible called Whether Hosea himself authored the book that preserves his prophecies The northern capital, Samaria (722-721 b.c.) - an idea suggested by references To kings of Judah, the book was probably written in Judah after the fall of But since his prophetic activity is dated by reference Prophets to come from the northern kingdom (Israel), and his prophecy is primarilyĭirected to that kingdom. Known about him from sources outside his book. Hosea must have prophesied for at least 38 years, though almost nothing is On Israel at the hands of an unnamed enemy Hosea identifies that enemy asĪssyria ( 7:11 8:9 10:6 11:11). Son of Beeri prophesied about the middle of the eighth century b.c., his ministryīeginning during or shortly after that of Amos.
Theology, outline, a brief overview, and the chapters of the Book of Hosea. This summary of the book of Hosea provides information about the title, author(s), date of writing, chronology, theme,
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