Hosea

Book Introduction

Discover practical insights into the Book of Hosea. You'll find David Jeremiah's introduction to the Book of Hosea on page 1145-1147 of  The Jeremiah Study Bible.

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God's Loyal Love

Hosea 3

No Old Testament prophet was given a harder assignment than Hosea: Be a living example of the loyal-love of God for his spiritually adulterous nation. If God's New Covenant love is characterized by its unconditional nature, His Old Covenant love was characterized...

Speaking through Agricultural Images

Hosea 10:11-13

Chapter 10 contains many agricultural images that clearly illustrate the message God wanted to convey to the people of Israel: Return to Me!

  • Until this point, Ephraim (Israel) had worn a gentle harness and done the fairly easy work of...

For Additional Reading

Check out these items in the Jeremiah Study Bible

Hosea Feature Title Page
1:2-3 Tough Questions Was Gomer a prostitute before 
her marraige to Hosea 
1148
2:1 Picture This Names 1149
6:6 For Reflection A Passion for God 1153
7:4-16 FYI Literary Technique in Hosea 1154
10:11-13 Picture This Speaking through Agricultural Images  1157
11:1-11 For Reflection God's Steadfast Love 1158
14:3-7 Picture Thiss Visions of Restoration  1160
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Hope in the Valley of Trouble