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Hosea is often seen as a "prophet of doom", but underneath his message of destruction is a promise of restoration. The Talmud claims that he was the greatest prophet of his generation. [ 3 ] The period of Hosea's ministry extended to some sixty years, and he was the only prophet of Israel of his time who left any written prophecy.
The Book of Hosea (Biblical Hebrew: סֵפֶר הוֹשֵׁעַ , romanized: Sēfer Hōšēaʿ) is collected as one of the twelve minor prophets of the Nevi'im ("Prophets") in the Tanakh, and as a book in its own right in the Christian Old Testament. According to the traditional order of most Hebrew Bibles, it is the first of the Twelve.
Hosea 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea, son of Beeri, and this chapter especially sets forth the spiritual whoredom of Israel by symbolical acts. [3] It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor ...
Hosea 2 is the second chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea, son of Beeri, and this chapter contains the application of the symbols in the first chapter. [3] It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. [4] [5]
[1] [2] In the Hebrew Bible, it is part of the Twelve Minor Prophets. [3] [4] This chapter concludes the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea, son of Beeri, with an exhortation to repentance (Hosea 14:1–3), a promise of God's blessing (Hosea 14:4–9), [5] and a concluding verse resembling the wisdom tradition. [6]
In the Hebrew Bible is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. [4] [5] According to the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary, this chapter contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea, son of Beeri, about God's former benefits, and Israel's ingratitude resulting in punishment, but God still promises restoration. [6]
In this chapter he reproves the people and priests for their sins in the interregnum following Jeroboam's death; hence there is no mention of the king or his family; and in Hosea 4:2 bloodshed and other evils usual in a civil war are specified. [3] It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. [4] [5]
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]