1 |
Hosea instructed to
take a prostitute for a wife; she had children |
2 |
Charges against her;
no mercy for her children; mercy for God's people |
3 |
Israel will return
to God; picture of redemption and final salvation |
4 |
Charge against Israel;
idolatry |
5 |
Judgment coming on
both kingdoms |
6 |
Repent but transgression;
wicked priests |
7 |
The Lord would have
healed; but Ephraim was uncovered; fraud; theft |
8 |
Enemy will pursue;
sow the wind; reap the whirlwind |
9 |
Do not rejoice; played
the harlot against God; no more feast |
10 |
Fruit of wicked Israel;
Sow righteousness and receive mercy |
11 |
God loved Israel as
a child; Ephraim rebelled |
12 |
God's charge against
Judah and Jacob |
13 |
I am the only salvation
but they forgot; I will be like a lion |
14 |
Return O Israel; I
will heal; let the wise understand |