A Study of the Book of

HOSEA

"The Prophet Hosea" by James Tissot

Bruce Leonard

NAME: Hosea means “Jehovah is salvation”

MESSAGE: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge”

(4:6).

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:

Hosea was the last to prophesy before the northern kingdom fell to

Assyria (about 722 B.C.). When he began his ministry the northern

kingdom was experiencing a peace and prosperity not experienced

since the days of Solomon. This prosperity led Israel to moral

decay. They turned from God to worship idols. God instructed

Hosea to marry a wife of whoredom. Her unfaithfulness would

serve as a living illustration of Israel’s apostasy and God’s love for

this unfaithful nation. Hosea then gives God’s complaint against

Israel and warns that punishment would come if they did not return

to God and be faithful to him. Hosea shows the deep love God has

for his people and that he would not tolerate idolatry.

DATE:

Prophesied in reigns of:

JUDAH ISRAEL

Uzziah 783-742 B.C. Jeroboam II 786-746 B.C.

Jotham 745-735

Ahaz 735-715

Hezekiah 715-687

THEME: Hosea characterizes the loving-kindness of God.

Therefore, Hosea is called “the prophet of love” or “the prophet of a

broken heart.”

CHILDREN: Son, Daughter, Son

1. Jezreel – “to sow” or “to scatter” – The house of Jehu will perish

in the Valley of Jezreel

2. Lo-ruhamah – “not pitied” or “no mercy” – God withdraws His

love from Israel.

3. Lo-Ammi – “not my people” – the covenant with God is broken

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MEMORABLE EPIGRAMS:

1. 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because

you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me.

2. 4:9 – I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their

deeds.

3. 6:4 – What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with

you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that

goes early away.

4. 6:6 – For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge

of God rather than burnt offerings.

5. 8:7 – For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.

6. 10:7 – Samaria’s king shall perish like a twig on the face of the

waters.

7. 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love;

break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD

that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.

8. 11:1 – When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I

called my son.

9. 12:1 – Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all

day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a

covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.

10. 13:14 – Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I

redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O

Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

STEPS TO RUIN:

The successive steps taken by Israel that led them down the road of

ruin and led to helplessness and destruction:

1. Lack of knowledge 4:6

2. Pride 5:5

3. Instability 6:4

4. Worldliness 7:8

5. Corruption 9:9

6. Backsliding 11:7

7. Open Idolatry 13:2

The Lord is Angry with Israel – 13:1-16

S G L F S I O N E S P H E C U B S

M H R S P G C M M A L D O P E N N

H D E A Y V W R O I V R E R E H W

V T E O Z O B I A S S N I B D Z P

S B R L L E R D E F N T E W B F V

K S R I L G D T E D T A P M S O L

B L I E B I N G S R R S R A V S R

S B F K A D F I B E R O M L S G C

L K B R Z S L D S E D U U E K N R

G U I C L E T I I I A T C G N A E

N R N L P E G E H E R R G N H P P

I W O W L L O U M C D E D U I T L

T E O I I F A P I D E A T H C W E

S B M D V S U G A L P S G H H I H

G R O W N A E L U R T U L G A N Z

U C E D S I S W L E D R M C F D W

K R U L M S W B W Y S Y N D F O E

BEAR GUILT RISING BREAST HELPER ROBBED CHAFF INCURRED SAVIOR CHILDBIRTH KISS SHEOL CRAFTSMEN LEOPARD SKILLFULLY CUBS LURK STING DEATH MIST SWIRLS DESTROYS ONES TREASURY DIED OPEN UNWISE DROUGHT PANGS WHERE FILLED PLAGUES WIND GRAZED RANSOM WINDOW

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Israel’s Defeat Because of Sin – 10:9-15

T S U M P H S E R H T B Q S

C D H A E B I G N E Y B R N

G F A I R F W S P A R E D P

A S S E N S U O E T H G I R

D N E Y Q P D S B T D E N I

E G S S R C H E O F L D J N

T W F D A A O M P B A W U I

S O K N L E F N U A G J S Q

U L E M J N L O T D E F T U

R P A G A M D P J I Q R I I

T N U T L U M U T U N K C T

Y D E S T R O Y E D Y U E Y

N E C K W O L L A F C F E J

U T S U J N U H A R R O W D

CONTINUED INJUSTICE SHALMAN DESTROYED MOTHERS SPARED DOUBLE MUST THRESH FAIR NECK TRUSTED FALLOW PLEASE TUMULT GIBEAH PLOW UNJUST HARROW REAPED INIQUITY RIGHTEOUSNESS

CONCISE OUTLINE OF HOSEA:

I. THE TRAGEDY OF UNFAITHFULNESS – 1 – 3

A. An Unusual Marriage – 1:2-3

B. A Symbolic Family – 1:4-9

1. The Name of Jezreel – 1:4-5

2. Lo-ruhamah – 1:6-7

3. Lo-ammi – 1:8-9

4. Reversal of the Names – 1:10 – 2:1

C. An Extended Metaphor: The Adulterous Wife – 2:2-7

1. Her Shameless Profligacy – 2:2

2. Her Certain Punishment – 2:3-4

3. Her Disgusting Behavior – 2:5

4. Her Future Repentance – 2:6-7

D. A Concrete Illustration: Perverted Prosperity – 2:8-13

1. The Source of Prosperity Ignored – 2:8

2. The Removal of Prosperity Threatened – 2:9-11

3. The Abuse of Prosperity Reiterated – 2:12-13

E. A Triumphant Announcement: Love Wins Out – 2:14-23

1. A New Courtship – 2:14-15a

2. A New Response – 2:15b-17

3. A New Covenant – 2:18

4. A New marriage – 2:19-20

5. A New Prosperity – 2:21-22

6. A New Privilege – 2:23

F. An Action Parable: Love Risks All – 3:1-5

1. Love for a Fallen Woman – 3:1

2. Loving Discipline – 3:2-3

3. Symbolic Significance – 3:4

4. Prophetic Anticipation – 3:5

II. THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE – 4:1 – 6:3

A. The Sin of the Land – 4:2-19

1. The Sins of the People – 4:2-5

2. The Sins of the Priests – 4:6-10

3. The Sin of Idolatry – 4:11-14

4. A Warning to Judah – 4:15-19

B. Judgment on the Land – 5:1-15

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1. Impartiality of the Sentence – 5:1

2. Basis for the Sentence – 5:2-3

3. Necessity of the Sentence – 5:4-5

4. Certainty of the Sentence – 5:6-10

5. Portraits of the Judgment – 5:11-15

C. An Appeal for Repentance – 6:1-3

1. First Exhortation and Incentive – 6:1-2

2. Second Exhortation and Incentive – 6:3

III. THE LACK OF MERCY – 6:4 – 8:14

A. Mercy, Not Superficial Religion – 6:4-11

1. The Charge – 6:4-5

2. The Contrast – 6:6-7

3. The Confirmation – 6:8-11

B. Mercy, Not Violence – 7:1-7

C. Mercy, Not Political Intrigue – 7:8-16

1. A Ruinous Policy – 7:8-10

2. A Futile Policy – 7:11-12

3. A Disastrous Policy – 7:13

4. An Ungrateful Policy – 7:14-16

D. Mercy, Not Law Breaking – 8:1-4

1. Illegitimate Rulers – 8:4

2. Illegal Religion – 8:5-6

3. Reckless Sowing – 8:7-8

4. Disastrous Foreign Policy – 8:9-10

5. Multiple Altars – 8:11-12

6. Worthless Offerings – 8:13

7. Neglect of God – 8:14

IV. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN – 9:1 – 11:11

A. Sin Results in Great loss – 9:1-9

1. Loss of Joy – 9:1-2

2. Loss of Spiritual Privileges – 9:3-5

3. Loss of Inheritance – 9:6

4. Loss of Hope – 9:7-9

B. Israel’s Spiritual Biography – 9:10-17

1. An Early Fall – 9:10

The Charges Against Israel – 4:1-19

C H E K L A C K L B Y J O I N E D S

O F S A S Y N G U I L T Y G Y H F E

N T U I K G O J B A R U S L S H C V

T Y C O U J I B M L A N P I Y E J I

E S C S F G T R A S E D R A H I I G

N R A V O K N O L O D E E F S F N K

D E S E R W E A K R H R I R I E F G

L V T R S B T D L C S S E S N R O B

I O U I A U N U P E E T K W U J R O

A R B U K R O Y T M H A N O P B G U

S T B Q E N C U T G K N O L Y L E N

E N O N N T T C U T W D W L G O T D

D O R I L I I A B L B I L O T O Y S

I C N U T B D M L U I N E F S D C Y

R R M S G V U T M C I G D M E S M F

B J O C E R O H W O V M G Y I H L I

Y R U Y D E E R G R C J E G R E Y S

P Y A L P Q A D U L T E R Y P D K H

ACCUSE CULT JOINED ADULTERY DAUGHTERS KNOWLEDGE ALSO DEARLY LACK BLOODSHED FEED LAMB BOUNDS FISH LANGUISH BRIDES FOLLOWS LYING BROAD FORGET PLAY BURN FORSAKEN PRIEST CHERISH GIVES PROSTITUTES COMMIT GREEDY PUNISH CONTEND GUILTY STUBBORN CONTENTION HEIFER UNDERSTANDING CONTROVERSY INQUIRE WHORE

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Israel is Punished and Brought Back to the Lord – 2:2-23

D G N I R D F L P D G S F E T S P

A A N X I H E O B L T Y K M S I E

J K R E M W T S R S I A E E H T H

F I O A D Y R O A E M E N A U S U

L L B N D E R E R T S D T L S M N

A L E S T O F L L T E T H A B I T

X S F T H M R A E K E F E A A R H

S L E L O A V N A W D B R B N T I

T B S O E I M N E E E L E R D H R

S U N H S S L E C D V J F E N U S

E S D H T L R L F L O N O W A E T

L Y E T I A A E N U O L R S K G Y

U D F W T R B T H N L V E N E D C

M O T H E R B B I T U L E A D E R

E U K S N M J A A J B K Y R M H E

S I G H T T R X A S L O O W S R M

D C D P B G A T W P L E A D P S R

ADORNED HERSELF MOTHER ANSWER HUSBAND NAKED BAAL JEWELRY NAKEDNESS BETROTH KILL PLEAD BETTER LAVISHED RING BORN LEST SABBATHS DECLARES LEWDNESS SHAMEFULLY FEASTS LOVERS SIGHT FLAX MAKE THEREFORE FOREST MERCY THIRST GRAIN MIRTH WILL HEDGE MOONS WOOL

2. A Terrible Punishment – 8:11-14

3. An Infamous Career – 9:15

4. A Final Rejection – 9:16-17

C. God’s Judgment on Apostate Religion – 10:1-11

1. Israel’s Sin – 10:1-2

2. Israel’s Sorrow – 10:3-5

3. Israel’s Shame – 10:6

4. Israel’s Suffering – 10:7-8

5. Israel’s Sentence – 10:9-11

D. A Call for Repentance – 10:12-15

1. The Exhortation – 10:12

2. The Explanation – 10:13

3. The Urgency – 10:14-15

4. The New Beginning – 11:1

E. The God of Love – 11:2-11

1. The Pain of God’s Love – 11:2

2. The Picture of God’s Love – 11:3-4

3. The Punishment for Rejection God’s Love – 11:5-7

4. The Perplexities of God’s Love – 11:8-9

5. Predicted Results of God’s Love – 11:10-11

V. LACK OF FAITHFULNESS – 11:12 – 14:9

A. A Sin Against Ancestry – 11:12 – 12:6

1. Description of Degenerate Jacob – 11:12 – 12:2

2. The Example of Historical Jacob – 12:3-5

3. The Appeal to Degenerate Jacob – 12:6

B. A Sin Against Faithfulness – 12:7-14

1. Rebukes for Sin – 12:7-8

2. A Long-standing Relationship – 12:9-11

3. An Illustration of God’s Faithfulness – 12:12-13

4. Retribution Threatened – 12:14

C. From Life to Death – 13:1-8

1. Present Spiritual Death – 13:1-2

2. Imminent Political Death – 13:3

3. The Justice of the Death Sentence – 13:4-6

4. The Severity of the Death Process – 13:7-8

D. From Death to life – 13:9-16

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1. Israel’s Rebellion – 13:9-10

2. Israel’s Retribution – 13:11-13

3. Israel’s Resurrection – 13:14-15a

4. Israel’s Ruin – 13:15b-16

E. Final Appeal for Repentance – 14:1-8

1. The Call for Repentance – 14:1-3

2. The Immediate Results of Repentance – 14:4-5

3. Long-range Results of Repentance – 14:6-7

4. Final Appeal – 14:8

EPILOGUE – 14:9

SUGGESTED OUTLINES:

1:2 – 3:5 The sin against trust

4:1 – 6:11 The sin against truth

7:1 – 13:16 The sin against troth

14:1-9 The final appeal

I. Israel’s adultery: Ch. 1-3

A. Hosea and Gomer are used representatively of God and Israel:

1:1 – 2:1

B. The chastisement of idolatrous Israel, their conversion and

restoration: 2:22 -23

C. The prophet’s symbolic marriage: Chapter 3

II. Prophetic discourses: Chapters 4-13

A. Jehovah’s controversy with Israel: Chapters 4-6

B. Israel’s corrupt political condition and consequences: Chapters

7-8

C. Israel’s apostasy – its punishment, exile, and destruction:

Chapters 9-11

D. Israel’s apostasy and God’s fidelity: Chapters 23-13

III. Israel’s conversion and pardon: Chapter 14

A. God’s grace once more will be shown those who turn to him:

verses 1-8

B. Epilogue: verse 9

God’s Case Against Jacob’s Heirs – 12:1-8

U W S A P B T P E W T A P

P L T C D M I N H P N C H

U D O O S E B S G D E C G

R O L N T R W E S O M O R

S O A T R C I C R O T R E

U H I I O H N N O H C D H

E N R N V A S A B E I I T

S A O U E N D L A S D N O

B M M A G T E A L L N G R

W W E L N U E B G A I C B

A Y M L E G F A D F L W P

C F W Y H E E E S L A F B

L L D L O H H L W I N D D

ACCORDING FEEDS MERCHANT ANGEL HEEL PURSUES BALANCES HOLD STROVE BROTHER INDICTMENT WEPT CONTINUALLY LABORS WIND FALSE MANHOOD FALSEHOOD MEMORIAL

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Israel and Judah are Unrepentant – 6:1 – 7:16

A F O D H E D G Z W X B I Y B W U G

A D N T R U O V O D S O C A A A H N

N I U I O E P U O D B W N G S U G I

B V S L S E L V N O N D B X K Y U O

R E C A T D E A K E I L N E A X O G

D E K P U E B Z L T A H U R E I D M

G V Y P L G R L S Z D G G S R K I E

A I E R C I A E E D I B R U B A L Z

S L H O K F G S R R E E X C R B F H

H H T A N L T H T S O B P H I N G A

F E G C E A K N T D S S P R O U F I

A A N H A E I O L S E E R I O H H R

L T I Z D H V I E C I O S H C W E S

S A L D I E V X N S H I T C E R W B

E A L E N E I I W A R L H L A E N G

L D A E G M R O B E A V O B S K G C

Y A C D R P N V D R I E H T E A E B

Y M G S Y K G N I N R O M C S B L D

ADAM DEEDS HEAL ADULTERERS DERISION HEAT ALTHOUGH DESIRE HEWN APPROACH DOUGH HORRIBLE BAKER DOVE INTRIGUE BAND EPHRAIM KNEADING BANDITS EVIL KNOWS BEDS EVILDOERS LIGHT BIND FALLEN MIXES BLAZES FALSELY MORNING BREAKS GASH OVEN CAKE GOES PRINCES CALLING GOING THEIR CEASES GRAY THEY CLOUD HAIRS WOULD

LESSONS OF VALUE:

1. Nothing can quench the love of God.

2. God experiences deep pain when He is abandoned by his people.

3. The marriage relationship is sacred..

4. Tragedy follows when one heeds unworthy teachers.

5. There is no double standard of morality in God’s plans.

6. Sin destroys man’s ability to make moral decisions.

7. Divorce is not a solution. It is merely an effort to escape.

8. Worship of God is not acceptable unless one worships with the

right spirit (attitude).

9. Corrupt leaders will quickly corrupt a nation.

10. Good relationships are important because one can become like

those whom they associate.

11. Forgiveness and restoration to God’s favor is found in genuine

repentance.

12. A nation’s inward corruption causes it more harm than external

adversaries.

13. Unfaithfulness to God is the root from which all other sins

spring forth..

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QUESTION OF HOSEA

CHAPTER 1

1. To whom did the word of the Lord come to? (v. 1)

2. Whose son was he?

3. Which kings reigned in Judah?

4. Which king reigned in Israel?

5. What did the Lord tell Hosea to do? (v. 2)

6. What kind?

7. What kind of children was Hosea to take?

8. What had the land done?

9. How did they do it?

10. Who did Hosea take? (v. 3)

11. Whose daughter was she?

12. What was the name of their son? (v. 4)

13. What does his name mean?

14. Whose blood would be avenged?

15. Whose house would be punished?

Further Assurance of God’s Redeeming Love – 3:1-5

R A I S I N S G G A M

U H M I N E E T F I F

L E B L E T H E C H U

P D A V I D D W E L L

P D H O U S E H O L D

I A D U L T E R E S S

L K B H O M E R L T T

L E P H O D C A K E S

A S S E N D O O G K O

R G O S R B O U G H T

D F F W I T H O U T M

ADULTERESS EPHOD LETHECH BOUGHT FIFTEEN MINE CAKES GOODNESS PILLAR DAVID HOMER RAISINS DWELL HOUSEHOLD WITHOUT

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Hosea’s Marriage and Children – 1:1 – 2:1

Y E B B C V P A E S O H

M C M S R H E R O B H E

O G R A T G I T C C O W

D G D E N I C L O H U A

E O A B M A M N D T S M

R M U J L I C M N R E V

O E G L E E A I O A E S

H R H T I Z O L S C A N

W E T V R P R U B V T B

O S E V P D R E E I J W

N D R A A E V I E C D I

S A I D D J E H U L Z E

APPOINT DIBLAIM MERCY BORE GOMER NAME CALL HOSEA SAID CHILDREN HOUSE SAVE COMMITS JEHU WHOREDOM CONCEIVED JEZREEL DAUGHTER MEASURED

16. What would come to an end?

17. What would the Lord break? (v. 5)

18. Where would it be broken?

19. What was their daughter’s name? (v. 6)

20. What does it mean?

21. Upon whom would the Lord have mercy? (v. 7)

22. What would they be saved by?

23. What would they not be saved by?

24. What happened after their daughter was weaned? (v. 8)

25. What was their son’s name? (v. 9)

26. What does his name mean?

27. What would the “number of the children of Israel” be like? (v.

10)

28. What would be said to them?

29. What will the children of Judah and Israel do? (v. 11)

30. What would they appoint?

31. Where would they go?

32. What will be great?

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CHAPTER 2

1. What would they say to their brothers? (v. 1)

2. What would they say to their sisters?

3. With whom would the plead? (v. 2)

4. What is she not?

5. What is he not?

6. What was she to put away from her face?

7. What was she to put away from her breasts?

8. What would he make her: (v. 3)

a.

b.

c.

9. How would he kill her?

10. What would he not give her children? (v. 4)

11. Why?

12. What had their mother done? (v. 5)

13. How had she acted?

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5. What would they not ride on?

6. What would they not say to the work of their hands?

7. What do the orphans find?

8. What would be healed? (v. 4)

9. How would God love them?

10. What did God turn from them?

11. What would God be like to Israel? (v. 5)

12. How will they grow?

13. How would they take root?

14. What would his beauty be like? (v. 6)

15. What would his smell be like?

16. How would those who return flourish? (v. 7)

17. How would they grow?

18. What does God do for Ephraim? (v. 8)

19. What would God belike?

20. What would the wise be able to do? (v. 9)

21. What are the ways of the Lord?

22. Who walks in them?

23. Who falls in them?

14. What did she say she would go after?

15. What did they giver her?

16. What would be hedged up? (v. 6)

17. What would be made?

18. What would she not find?

19. What would she pursue? (v. 7)

20. Would she find them?

21. What would she say she would do?

22. Why would she do this?

23. What had he given her? (v. 8)

24. What had these things been used for?

25. What would be taken back? (v. 9)

26. What was used to cover her nakedness?

27. What would be uncovered? (v. 10)

28. Who would deliver her?

29. What would he put an end to? (v. 11)

30. What would be destroyed? (v. 12)

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31. What were they to her?

32. Who had given them to her?

33. What would they be made into?

34. What would eat them?

35. For what would she be punished? (v. 13)

36. What had she offered to Baal?

37. What had she adorned herself with?

38. What had she gone after?

39. Who had she forgotten?

40. What would the Lord do to her? (v. 14)

41. Where would he bring her?

42. How would he speak to her?

43. What would he giver her? (v. 150

44. What would he make a door of hope?

45. How would she sing?

46. What would she call him at that day? (v. 16)

47. What would she not call him?

19. What is bound up? (v. 12)

20. What comes upon Ephraim? (v. 13)

21. What would they be ransomed from? (v. 14)

22. What would they be redeemed from?

23. What is hidden from God’s eyes?

24. What would come from the wilderness? (v. 15)

25. What would be dry?

26. What would happen to the treasury?

27. What would happen to Samaria? (v. 16)

28. What had Samaria done?

29. What would happen to their infants?

30. What would happen to the pregnant women?

CHAPTER 14

1. What was Israel told to do? (v. 1)

2. What did their iniquity cause them to do?

3. What were they to ask the Lord to take away? (v. 2)

4. Who will not save them? (v. 3)

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6. What would they be like? (v. 3)

a.

b.

c.

d.

7. From what land was the Lord their God? (v. 4)

8. Who would they not know?

9. Where did God know them? (v. 5)

10. Why did they forget God? (v. 6)

11. What would God be to them? (v. 7)

12. How would He come upon them? (v. 8)

13. What would He do to their heart (breast)?

14. How would He devour them?

15. Who is destroyed? (v. 9)

16. Who was their helper?

17. Why did God give them a king? (v. 11)

18. Why did God take away their king?

48. What would he remove from her mouth? (v. 17)

49. What would he make for them? (v. 18)

50. What would he break (abolish)?

51. How would he make them lie down?

52. To whom would he betroth them? (v. 19)

53. How would he betroth them?

54. Who will they know? (v. 20)

55. What would the Lord do in that day? (v. 21, 22)

56. Upon whom would the Lord have mercy? (v. 23)

57. What would he say to those who are not his people?

58. What will they say?

CHAPTER 3

1. What did the Lord tell Hosea to do? (v. 1)

2. How was he to love her?

3. What had they turned to?

4. How much did he buy her for? (v. 2)

5. How should she live? (v. 3)

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6. What should she not do?

7. Who should she not belong to?

8. What would the children of Israel dwell without for many days?

(v. 4)

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

9. What would the children of Israel do? (v. 5)

10. Who would they seek?

11. Who would they fear?

CHAPTER 4

1. Who is to hear the word of the Lord? (v. 1)

2. Who did the Lord have a controversy with?

3. What was missing in the land?

21. How did God speak to them? (v. 10)

22. What did he multiply?

23. What did he give through the prophets?

24. Where did they sacrifice? (v. 11)

25. What were their altars?

26. Where did Jacob flee? (v. 12)

27. How did Israel serve?

28. How did the Lord bring them from Egypt? (v. 13)

29. Who provoked the Lord? (v. 14)

30. What would the Lord leave upon him?

31. Why would the Lord repay him?

CHAPTER 13

1. When was Ephraim exalted? (v. 1)

2. What caused him to die?

3. How did they sin? (v. 2)

4. What did they make?

5. What did the one who sacrifice kiss?

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4. Who did they make a covenant with?

5. What is carried into Egypt?

6. Who else does the Lord have a problem with? (v. 2)

7. How would Jacob be punished?

8. When did Jacob take his brothers heel? (v. 3)

9. With whom did Jacob strive (have power)?

10. Did he prevail over the angel? (v. 4)

11. Where did he find God?

12. What is his memorial? (v. 5)

13. Who were they to turn to? (v. 6)

14. What were they to keep?

15. How were they to wait on God?

16. What were in the hands of merchants? (v. 7)

17. What did he love to do?

18. What did Ephraim say he had become? (v. 8)

19. What did he say could not be found in his labors?

20. Where would God make them dwell? (v. 9)

4. What was found in the land? (v. 2)

5. What did the land do? (v. 3)

6. What did those who dwell in the land do?

7. What was taken away from the land?

8. What were they told not to do? (v. 4)

9. When would they fall? (v. 5)

10. Who would fall at night?

11. Who would be destroyed?

12. Why were the people destroyed? (v. 6)

13. Why were they lacking?

14. Why were they rejected?

15. What had they forgotten?

16. Who would God forget?

17. What happened as they increased? (v. 7)

18. What Would God change their glory into?

19. What did they eat up (feed on)? (v. 8)

20. What were they greedy for?

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21. Why would they be punished? (v. 9)

22. What would be reward?

23. What is the result of their eating? (v. 10)

24. What would be the results of their whoredom?

25. Why would they not multiply?

26. What takes away their heart (understanding)? (v. 11)

27. Of whom do the people seek counsel? (v. 12)

28. What gives them oracles?

29. What led them astray?

30. What did they leave God to do?

31. Where did they offer sacrifices? (v. 13)

32. Where did they burn incense?

33. What did their daughters do?

34. What did their wives do?

35. Who will fall or come to ruin?

36. Who played the harlot? (v. 15)

37. Who was not to become guilty?

18. What would He not do for them?

19. How was His heart? (v. 8)

20. What would He not execute? (v. 9)

21. Why would He not destroy Ephraim?

22. Who was in their midst?

23. How would He not come?

24. How shall they go? (v. 10)

25. What will happen when He roars?

26. How will they tremble? (v. 11)

27. Where will they return?

28. What did Ephraim do? (v. 12)

29. What did Israel do?

30. What did Judah do?

CHAPTER 12

1. What did Ephraim feed upon? (v. 1)

2. What did Ephraim pursue?

3. How did he multiply?

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CHAPTER 11

1. When did God love them? (v. 1)

2. Where did he call them from?

3. What did they sacrifice to? (v. 2)

4. To what did they burn offerings (incense)?

5. What was Ephraim taught? (v. 3)

6. What did they not know?

7. How were they led? (v. 4)

8. What was taken off their jaws?

9. What did God do for them?

10. Where would they not return? (v. 5)

11. Who would be their king?

12. Why?

13. What would be in their cities? (v. 6)

14. What would be consumed?

15. What would be devoured?

16. What were the people bent on doing? (v. 7)

17. Who would they call out to?

38. Where were they not to go?

39. What were they not to swear?

40. What was Israel like? (v. 16)

41. What was Ephraim joined to? (v. 17)

42. What did they do when their drink was gone? (v. 18)

43. What did the rulers love?

44. Why would they be ashamed? (v. 19)

CHAPTER 5

1. Who was to listen? (v. 1)

2. What was coming to them?

3. What had they been?

4. What did the revolters do? (v. 2)

5. What would God do?

6. Who did God know? (v. 3)

7. Who was not hid from him?

8. What had Ephraim done?

9. What happened to Israel?

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10. What did their deed prevent them from doing? (v. 4)

11. What was in their midst?

12. Who did they not know?

13. What testified to his face? (v. 5)

14. Who would fall in their guilt?

15. Who would fall with them?

16. With what would they go? (v. 6)

17. Who would they seek?

18. Would they find him?

19. What had the Lord done?

20. With who had they dealt treacherously (faithlessly)? (v. 7)

21. What kind of children had they borne?

22. What would devour them?

23. Where were they to blow the horn? (v. 8)

24. Where were they to blow the trumpet?

25. Where were they to cry or sound the alarm?

26. When would Ephraim become desolate? (v. 9)

25. What was Ephraim like? (v. 11)

26. What would happen to Ephraim?

27. What would happen to Judah?

28. What would happen to Jacob?

29. What were they to sow? (v. 12)

30. How were they to reap?

31. What was it time for?

32. What did they plow? (v. 13)

33. What did they reap?

34. What did they eat?

35. What did they trust in?

36. What would the result be? (v. 14)

37. Who did Shalman destroy?

38. What happened to the mothers?

39. Why would this be done to them? (v. 15)

40. What would happen in the morning?

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8. How would judgment spring up?

9. Who would tremble? (v. 5)

10. What do the people mourn for?

11. Why?

12. Where would the calf be taken? (v. 6)

13. Why?

14. What would Israel be ashamed of?

15. Who would perish? (v. 7)

16. How?

17. What would be destroyed? (v. 8)

18. What would grow on the altars?

19. What would they want the mountains and hills to do?

20. How long had Israel sinned? (v. 9)

21. What would over take them?

22. When would they be disciplined? (v. 10)

23. Who would be gathered against them?

24. What binds them up?

27. Among whom did he make known what would happen?

28. What were the princes of Judah like? (v. 10)

29. What would the Lord do to them?

30. What condition is Ephraim in? (v. 11)

31. Why?

32. What would the Lord be to Ephraim? (v. 12)

33. What would he be to Judah?

34. What did Ephraim see? (v. 13)

35. What did Judah see?

36. Where did Ephraim go?

37. What was not able to happen?

38. What would the Lord be like to Ephraim? (v. 14)

39. What would he be like to Judah?

40. What would the Lord do?

41. Who would be able to rescue them?

42. Where would the Lord go? (v. 15)

43. How long would he be there?

44. What would cause them to seek the Lord?

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CHAPTER 6

1. To whom are they to return? (v. 1)

2. What will the Lord do since he has torn?

3. What will the Lord do to the smitten?

4. What will he do after two days? (v. 2)

5. What will he do after the third day?

6. Where would they live?

7. What were they encouraged to do? (v. 3)

8. How would the Lord come?

9. What did he ask Ephraim? (v. 4)

10. What did he ask Judah?

11. What was there goodness like?

12. How did it go away?

13. By what were they hewn? (v. 5)

14. How did he slay them?

15. How are his judgments described?

16. What did God desire? (v. 6)

34. What was in Gilgal? (v. 15)

35. Why did God hate them?

36. What would he do to them?

37. What are their princes?

38. What is the result of Ephraim being stricken? (v. 16)

39. What would happen when they gave birth?

40. Who would reject them? (v. 17)

41. Why?

42. What would they be?

CHAPTER 10

1. How is Israel described? (v. 1)

2. What did they build more of as their fruit increased?

3. What kind of heart did Israel have? (v. 2)

4. What would the Lord break down?

5. What will they say they do not have? (v. 3)

6. Why?

7. What kind of covenant had they made? (v. 4)

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17. Who is a fool?

18. Who is mad?

19. Why?

20. Who was with God? (v. 8)

21. What was his ways?

22. What did they do to themselves? (v. 9)

23. What would God do?

24. What would God remember?

25. How did God find Israel? (v. 10)

26. How did God wee their fathers?

27. Where did they go?

28. What did they do there?

29. What would happen to Ephraim’s glory? (v. 11)

30. What would not be left? (v. 12)

31. What was Ephraim like? (v. 13)

32. Where would Ephraim lead his children?

33. What would the Lord give them? (v. 14)

17. What did he not desire?

18. What did he desire more than burnt offerings?

19. What did they transgress? (v. 7)

20. How did they act toward God?

21. What kind of city was Gilead? (v. 8)

22. How did the priests behave? (v. 9)

23. What did they commit?

24. What did he see in the house of Israel? (v. 10)

25. What was in Ephraim?

26. What happened to Israel?

27. What did he appoint (set) for Judah? (v. 11)

28. When would this happen?

CHAPTER 7

1. What was discovered when the Lord would have healed Israel?

(v. 1)

2. What did they do?

3. What did the thief do?

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4. What did the robbers do?

5. How did they make the king glad? (v. 2)

6. How did they make the princes glad?

7. What are they all called? (v. 3)

8. What are they like?

9. What happened on “the day of our king?” (v. 5)

10. Who did he stretch out his hand with?

11. What was their hearts like? (v. 6)

12. What happened in the morning?

13. What are they all hot like? (v. 7)

14. Who did they devour?

15. What happened to their kings?

16. Who called upon him?

17. Who did Ephraim mix with? (v. 8)

18. What kind of cake is Ephraim like?

19. Who devoured his strength? (v. 9)

20. What did he not know was on him?

CHAPTER 9

1. What was Israel not to do? (v. 1)

2. Why?

3. What would not feed them? (v. 2)

4. What would fail them?

5. Where would they not remain? (v. 3)

6. Where would Ephraim return?

7. What would they eat?

8. What would they not give to the Lord? (v. 4)

9. What would not please the Lord?

10. What would their sacrifices be like?

11. What would happen to those who eat the bread?

12. Who would gather them? (v. 6)

13. Who would bury them?

14. What will possess their precious things?

15. What will be in their tents?

16. What days have come to them? (v. 7)

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37. What would God with them? (v. 10)

38. Why would the sorrow (writhe)?

39. What did Ephraim have many of? (v. 11)

40. What did these things become for Ephraim?

42. What had God written for them? (v. 12)

43. How was it regarded?

44. What did the do with the sacrifices? (v. 13)

45. Did the Lord accept their sacrifices?

46. What would God remember?

47. What would God punish?

48. Where would they return?

49. Who had Israel forgotten? (v. 14)

50. What had they built?

51. What did Judah multiply?

52. What would God send upon their cities?

53. What would it devour?

21. What testified to his face? (v. 10)

22. Where did they not return?

23. What is Ephraim like? (v. 11)

24. Who did they call?

25. Where did they go?

26. What would the Lord do when they go? (v. 12)

a.

b.

c.

27. Why did he pronounce a woe upon them? (v. 13)

a.

b.

c.

28. From what had they not cried? (v. 14)

29. Where did they cry from?

30. For what did they assemble themselves?

31. What had God done to their arms? (v. 15)

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32. What do they do?

33. To whom did they not return? (v. 16)

34. What are they like?

35. How would their princes fall?

36. Why?

CHAPTER 8

1. What were they to set to their lips? (v. 1)

2. What was over (against) the house of the Lord?

3. What had they transgressed?

4. What had they rebelled against?

5. To whom did the cry? (v. 2)

6. What would they say?

7. What did Israel spurn? (v. 3)

8. Who would pursue Israel?

9. What did they set up? (v. 4)

10. Who did they not do it through?

11. What did they make with their silver and gold?

12. What were they made for?

13. What did God reject? (v. 5)

14. What burns against them?

15. Where did the one come from who made the idol? (v. 6)

16. What was the idol not?

17. What will be broken into pieces?

18. What did the sow? (v. 7)

19. What would they reap?

20. What did they not have?

30. What did it not yield?

31. What would happen if it did produce?

32. Who is swallowed up? (v. 8)

33. What would they be like among the other nations?

34. Where did they go? (v. 9)

35. How did they go?

36. What had Ephraim done?

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