Hosea 9:1-17 — Punishment for Israel’s Apostasy
THE JUDGMENT OF DISPERSION AND BARRENNESS CHARACTERIZES A NATION ABANDONED BY GOD FOR SPIRITUAL HARLOTRY AND DEEP DEPRAVITY
Hosea 8:1-14 — A Nation that Has Forgotten Its God — Sow the Wind and Reap a Whirlwind
DANGEROUS SELF-RELIANCE FUELS COVENANT TRANSGRESSION FOR A NATION THAT HAS FORGOTTEN ITS GOD
Hosea 7:1-16 — Disintegration of a Nation that Refuses to Return to the Lord
WHEN THERE IS NO TURNING BACK TO THE LORD, MORAL CORRUPTION LEADS TO POLITICAL DISINTEGRATION OF A NATION (BOTH INTERNALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY)
Hosea 6:4-11 — Divine Frustration over Lack of Loyalty
RELIGIOUS RITUALS CANNOT COMPENSATE FOR LACK OF LOYAL LOVE AND TREACHEROUS ACTS OF REBELLION
Hosea 6:1-3 — Call to Return to the Lord
THE PATH TO RESTORATION INVOLVES REPENTANCE AND RENEWAL
Hosea 5:1-15 — Inevitability of Judgment
JUDGMENT IS INEVITABLE BECAUSE OF ISRAEL’S HARLOTRY AND GOD’S HOLY WRATH
Hosea 4:4-19 — Rejection of God’s Word Leads to Judgment
CORRUPT RELIGIOUS LEADERS PROVOKE JUDGMENT FOR THE REJECTION OF GOD’S WORD
Hosea 4:1-3 — Summary of God’s Case Against Israel
GOD’S CASE AGAINST ISRAEL EXPOSES HER MORAL FAILURES DERIVED FROM NOT KNOWING GOD -- LEADING TO COSMIC CONSEQUENCES
Hosea 3:1-5 — Loyal Love Demonstrated in Renewal of Hosea’s Marriage
THE INEXPLICABLE LOVE OF GOD PERSISTS IN RECOVERING HIS PEOPLE INTO COVENANT RELATIONSHIP
Hosea 2:14-23 — Restoration and Renewal of the Marriage Relationship
GOD’S STEADFAST LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS WILL RESTORE AND RENEW HIS COVENANT RELATIONSHIP TO ISRAEL IN THE END TIMES
Hosea 2:1-13 — Religious Syncretism of Israel and Its Tragic Consequences
FORSAKING GOD CREATES A VACUUM FILLED BY SYNCRETISTIC WORSHIP THAT HAS SHAMEFUL AND DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES
Hosea 1:10-11 — Blessings of Messianic Restoration of Israel
THE FUTURE MESSIANIC RESTORATION OF ETHNIC ISRAEL WILL BE GLORIOUS AND PERMANENT