_AN INNOCENT HUSBAND AND AN IMMORAL WIFE -- HOSEA 1:1-3:_ Hosea spoke with the authority of God. The book begins powerfully with the words, "The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea." This is not man's message; it is a message from God. God gave Hosea an object lesson that made it possible for... [ Continue Reading ]
_A SON NAMED JEZREEL -- HOSEA 1:4-5:_ Concerning the first son that was born God told Hosea, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. And it shall come to pass at that da... [ Continue Reading ]
_A DAUGHTER NAMED LORUHAMAH -- HOSEA 1:6-8:_ When Gomer conceived a second time she bore a daughter, God told Hosea to call her name "Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away." This child pictured very vividly the total fall of the nation o... [ Continue Reading ]
_A SON NAMED LOAMMI -- HOSEA 1:9-11:_ The third child that was born was a son named "Loammi." God named these children and the reason that He named this son Loammi was "for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God." In the last verses of this chapter God disclaims any ownership of Israel. "T... [ Continue Reading ]