Questions tagged [hosea]
Questions about the book of the prophet Hosea or the prophet himself.
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Did the command that God gave Hosea to marry a prostitute have anything to do with illustrating a deeper spiritual lesson?
When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, "Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.&...
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What time period is Hosea 3:4-5 predicting?
Hosea 3:4-5 says that there will be a period of time that the children of Israel will have no king, nor sacrifices, nor efod or terafim:
כִּ֣י ׀ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֗ים יֵֽשְׁבוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֥ין ...
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What is the meaning of Hosea 2:16 and is it relevant to Jesus? [closed]
In that day,” declares the LORD,
“you will call me ‘my husband’;
you will no longer call me ‘my master.
And possibly this verse although never quoted in the New Testament might be relevant to Psalm ...
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Does Lamentations reference Hosea as source material?
Reading through Hosea after being deep in Lamentations, it seems that Lamentations (approximately exilic) references several motifs or tropes from Hosea (earlier, pre-exilic).
Does anyone know of any ...
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Does Hosea 14:5-7 echo the themes of Song of Songs?
Hosea 14:5-7 NIV
5 I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily. Like a cedar of Lebanon, he will send down his roots; 6 his young shoots will grow. His splendor will be like an ...
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Is Hosea 13:14, quoted by Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 15:55, oddly mistranslated?
Hosea 13:14 from the BSB translation:
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from
Death.
Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden ...
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Did Jehu's "blood of Jezreel" refer to the slaughter of Ahaziah's relatives?
In Hosea 1:4, the house of Jehu is condemned for the "blood of Jezreel". This has caused quite a bit of confusion because it appears to be in direct contradiction with the Lord having ...
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Why are some verses only applied to Jesus in part?
Hosea 11:1 and 2 Samuel 7:14, both verses are applied to Jesus by the NT authors themselves
Matthew 2:15 (ESV):
"and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill
what the Lord ...
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Did Hosea sin when he married a "wife of whoredoms"?
When Hosea married a "wife of whoredoms", did he sin?
Hosea 1:2
The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to
Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and ...
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Hosea 6:2. Are the days in this verse more than 24-hr. days and probably much more?
Hoses 6:2
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Are the days in this verse 24-hour days and if not how long perhaps are they?
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Is Humanity God's Idol?
I just went down a rabbit hole of deep thought. I was listening to Joel Osteen and on his recent podcast. He seems to be advocating for prostitutes. By of course pointing to Rahab and the woman Jesus ...
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Did the Lord break His law by commanding Hosea to accept his adulterous wife?
Leviticus 20:10 NIV
“���If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.
Hosea 3:1 NIV
The Lord said to me,...
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"Wine" vs. "new wine" in Hosea 4:11
Hosea 4:11 reads (NKJV, emphasis added):
“Harlotry, wine, and new wine enslave the heart.
What's the difference between "wine" and "new wine"? Is it that "wine" is ...
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Why is Hosea 14:2 changed in some translations?
I've read that in Hosea 14:2, the reference to sacrificial bulls is removed and the word פָרִ֖ים is mistranslated as "fruit". Why is this?
https://biblehub.com/hosea/14-2.htm#lexicon
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Hosea 6:7 Did God make a covenant with Adam? How do we know?
Is the comparison, Hosea makes between Adam and the people of Israel, that they both transgressed a covenant with God or simply that they both transgressed?
Hosea 6:7 (ESV): But like Adam they ...
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