Hosea 8 is the eighth chapter of the book of hosea in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible. Chapters are so powerful and personal that i want to walk through them with you and make some brief comments and applications as. The marital life of hosea and his wife, gomer, provide the rich metaphor which clarifies the themes of the book. Its fourteen chapters contain both a warning concerning future events and an interpretation of these events meanings. The term the righteous occurs nowhere else in hosea. Hosea 14 return, o israel, to the lord your god, for you. Hosea 14 commentary commentary critical and explanatory. Christians extend the analogy of hosea to christ and the church. His splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of lebanon. I had never expected from such a prickly shrub to gather so fair a flower, so sweet a fruit.
The next step is to enter your payment information. A dear friend of mine recently finished a study on the book of hosea. In it the writers domestic life is paralleled with gods relationship to israelchaps the book shows that mere formal religious ceremony does not find acceptance with jehovah. The book of hosea written hundreds of years before daniel and is addressed to the northern kingdom of israel. Like the book of amos, the book of hosea is addressed to the people of the northern kingdom israel. This outline and bibliography are offered with the prayer that they will enhance the study of the book of hosea for the busy pastor who must take time from an already busy schedule to make preparation for a weeks study in his church. For the ways of jehovah are upright, and the righteous are the ones who will walk in them. Hosea is the first of the twelve prophets in the book of the twelve in hebrew scripture. Go, get for yourself a woman of prostitution and children of prostitution, for the land prostitutes itself, a turning away from the lord. Take with you wordsinstead of sacrifices, namely, the words of penitence here put in your mouths by god. By them hosea expresses his deep woe over israels condition.
An epilogue or conclusion to the prophecy, unspecializing it, as it were, and extracting the general moral lesson which underlies it all. The meaning of hosea is salvation, and in the book of hosea we read the amazing history of a faithful, prophet of god, who is instructed to marry a prostitute but she continues her harlotry throughout their marriage. Daily verse and comment, and have biblical truth delivered to your inbox. Hosea was probably a native of the northern kingdom of israel, since he shows familiarity with the history, circumstances and topography of the north 4. The shocking nature of hoseas marriage is difficult for us to comprehend. In hosea, the faithless actions of israel toward god are illustrated by the relationship between hosea and his adultress wife, gomer. Hosea with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. That is, who is so truly wise as duly to weigh and consider the important things contained in this prophecy, the duties prescribed, the blessings promised to the obedient, and the judgments threatened to the disobedient.
First the transjordanic tribes, then additional provinces, and lastly the whole population, were carried away as in the teeth of a beast of prey. He went to god and god told him to do a strange thing. These words, and the whole, context, respect future. The book of hosea describes hoseas marriage to gomer and its prophetic meaning for israel. The book of hosea was a severe warning to the northern kingdom against the growing idolatry being practiced there. The tone and language of it remind us of the book of proverbs proverbs 11. I will be as the dew unto israel on these metaphors i gladly avail myself of the elegant and just observations of bp. Hosea 14 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the church of christ, presents a verse level look at the bible.
For she said, i will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink. Hosea 14 repentance to bring blessing return, bible. Hosea 14 commentary james burton coffman commentaries. Such as set themselves to understand and know these things.
Chapters 414 give excerpts from hoseas preaching of grace and judgment leading up to the fall of israel in 722 bc. Study the bible online using commentary on hosea 14 and more. So hosea is rather discouraged and in the opening chapter of this little book of prophecy we read a personal note about him. It is a part of the book of the twelve minor prophets. And his name is related to the name joshua, which means salvation. Feb 25, 2011 for the ways of jehovah are upright, and the righteous are the ones who will walk in them. They shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed to pieces, a their pregnant women shall be ripped open. At the same time he shows the future ways of god with his people. But of course the real story of this book isnt the story of hosea and gomer, its the story of god and israel.
Repentance to bring blessing return, israel, to the lord your god. This daily newsletter provides a starting point for personal study, and gives valuable insight into the verses that make up the word of god. I will be as the dew unto israel to spiritual israel, to those that return to the lord, take with them words, and pray unto him, whose backslidings are healed, and they are freely loved. Gods love for israel, a nation of people more interested in themselves than in gods direction for their lives, shines through clearly against the darkness of their idolatry and injustice hosea 14. Study hosea 14 using matthew henrys bible commentary concise to better understand scripture with full outline and verse meaning. Often, we do not recognize the derivation of these bible names, but this prophets name would be joseph in english. Set around the fall of the northern kingdom of israel, the book of hosea denounces the worship of gods other than yahweh. Hosea was a young preacher in the nation of israel, the northern kingdom, and he was a. The story of the unfailing redemptive love of god sam a. Book of hosea overview insight for living ministries. Hosea 14 real wisdom turns israel back to the lord this is a wonderful chapter to be at the end of such a book.
In the fifth verse, it is described by that refreshment which copious dews give to the grass in summer. If youre scratching your head and wondering who in the world hosea is, he was a minor prophet of the old testament who did all he could to warn israel of their falling away from god while reminding them of gods unfailing, persistent love and mercy. Christians see in this book a comparable call to the church not to forsake the. Starting your free trial of bible gateway plus is easy. Your credit card wont be charged until the trial period is over. Hoseas love for gomer is only a picture of gods love for israel, because all the while that israel was unfaithful to god, he was providing for them, and they took his blessings and used them for their idol worship. Throughout the book, hosea pictured the people turning away from. Read hosea 14 commentary using commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible.
The book of hosea is the first of the 12 books of minor prophets. Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips. We will never again say our gods to what our own hands have made, for in you the. While the book of hosea goes on for several more chapters, the story of hosea and gomers relationship comes to a close in chapter 3. The book of hosea is the first of the twelve minor prophets. It descends secretly, silently, slowly and unobserved and yet each tiny droplet gently softens the ironhard soil, which allows the joy of life to pour into the withering plant reviving, reinvigorating, rejuvenating and replenishing. Hosea was instructed by god to marry a certain woman and experience with her a domestic life which was a dramatization of the sin and unfaithfulness of israel. Set around the fall of the northern kingdom of israel, the book of hosea denounces the. The command assumes that the previous description of gods dealing with israel has been reproduced in hoseas relations with gomer. The second part of the book contains longish lamentations of hosea.
The verbs understand bdb 106, kb 619 and discern bdb 106, kb 122 are both jussives the second in meaning, but not form. The contents of the book may be analyzed further as follows. Hosea 14 repentance to bring blessing return, bible gateway. This would make him and jonah the only writing prophets from the northern kingdom. The failure of israels leadershear this, you priests. Although it is not expressly stated in the book of hosea, it is apparent from the level of detail and familiarity focused on northern geography, that hosea conducted his prophetic ministries in the northern israel samaria of which he was a native. The early morning dew drenches the thirsty land with its refreshing life, and vitality.
Like a cedar of lebanon he will send down his roots. The names of his children indicate the attitude of god toward israel. Throughout the book, the prophet speaks to the people of israel about the critical situation that developed during the. I will be to israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. The book of the twelve prophets was originally on one parchment roll because of the brevity of the text, and together formed one book of the 24 books of hebrew scripture. A book of the hebrew scriptures written by hosea the son of beeri. These 12 books are called minor prophets not because their message is less important but because they are so much shorter than the previous five books. I think hosea brightened up at that, because he was a bachelor, and god said, i have a girl picked out for you. Sometimes the lord, without applying his word with any very great and distinguishing power to the heart, makes his truth to drop with a measure of sweetness into the soul. Hosea 14 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on.
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