UnWandered Words: Hosea
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Hosea chapters 1 and 3 contain information in prose form. All the other chapters give information in poetry form. Hosea married a prostitute when God asked him to do this. God wanted Hosea to live out an example of a lesson God wanted to show Israel. After they were married, Hosea's wife was unfaithful. God gave Hosea's children their names as part of the message to Israel. The first son's name meant : scattered. The second child was a daughter whose name meant: no mercy. The third son's name meant: not my people.
Then in Hos. 4 we read God’s lawsuit against Israel. Hosea 11 is God’s love poem to God’s people. In Hos. 12, people were saying to themselves, "Our country is so rich, we must be right." In Hos. 13, we read of God's relentless judgment on the people. Finally, in Hos. 14, the book's conclusion. God offers repentance!