Bible Courses: Prophets, HOSEA reading guide

HOSEA Reading Guide

1:1-2:3          Hosea’s marriage, naming of children

2:4-25           Defection and retribution, reconciliation and renewal

3                   Hosea and the woman

4:1-3            Preface to state of the nation

4:4-9            Chief priest and his sinning children

5:1-7            Leaders mislead

5:8-11          Bad politics

5:12-15        Assyria no help against  Yah’s will

6:1-3            Repentance

6:4-6            Yah responds

6:7-7:2         Gangs of thieving priests

7:3-7            Drunken priests

7:8-16          Ephriam depending on foreigners

8:1-8            Spiritual history of Israel: Calfof Samaria

8:9-14          More on foreign alliances

9:1-9            Sin, idolatry, devastation, prophets

9:1-17          More history and destiny

10:1-8          More history and destiny

10:9-15        More history and destiny

11                Yah’s feelings about history

12                Retrospect and prospect

13-14:1       The end of Ephraim

14:2-10       Repentance and restoration