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Gomer (Hebrew: גומר, romanized: Gōmer) was the wife of the prophet Hosea (8th century BC), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Hosea . English translations of Hosea 1:2 refer to her alternatively as a "promiscuous woman" , a "harlot" , and a "whore" but Hosea is told to marry her according to Divine appointment. She is also described ...
The name Hosea seems to have been common, and is derived from a related verb meaning 'salvation'. Numbers 13:16 states that Hosea was the original name of Joshua, son of Nun until Moses gave him the longer, theophoric name Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ, romanized: Yēhōšūaʿ) incorporating an abbreviated form of the Tetragrammaton.
Chapters 4–10 contain a series of oracles, or prophetic sermons, showing exactly why God is rejecting the Northern Kingdom (what the grounds are for the divorce). Chapter 11 is God's lament over the necessity of giving up the Northern Kingdom, which is a large part of the people of Israel, whom God loves. God promises not to give them up ...
On that night, he arose and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and he crossed over the Jabbok ford. He took them and sent them over the river, and he sent over that which was his. Jacob was left to his lonesome. A man wrestled with him until the break of dawn. He saw that he was powerless against him.
Hoshea (Hebrew: הוֹשֵׁעַ, Hōšēaʿ, "salvation"; Akkadian: 𒀀𒌑𒋛𒀪 A'úsiʾ [a-ú-si-ʾ]; Latin: Osee) was the nineteenth and last king of the northern Kingdom of Israel (or a puppet king) and son of Elah (not the Israelite king Elah).
Hosea was told (3:3–5) that the northern tribes would be scattered among the Gentiles, that they would be in seclusion for a long time and become too numerous to be counted; but that in the "latter days," they would return in repentance and come trembling to their God and his goodness. Two House theology probably becomes most controversial ...
Prior to his marriage to Melania Trump, Donald Trump was married two other times, with the media mogul marrying his first wife, Ivana, in 1977.. The real estate mogul and former president would ...
Hosea 3 is the third, as well as shortest, [a] chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book, a member of the Twelve Minor Prophets, [3] [4] contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea, son of Beeri; chapter 3 refers autobiographically to Hosea's marriage to a woman who is an adulterer. [5]