Like the book of amos, the book of hosea is addressed to the people of the northern kingdom israel. There was no truth, mercy, or knowledge of god in the land. Most of hosea s messages are announcements of gods anger with israel the northern of the two israelite kingdoms and gods impending judgment on this people. When moses asked pharaoh to let my people go, pharaoh responded, who is the lord that i should obey his voice to let israel go. The eight handbooks were dedicated to people who, in different ways, had a. Even the prophets and priests were giving false comfort to the people by lying to them concerning the nature of god. Hosea 4 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. Hosea chapter 4 verse by verse bible commentary matthew. The book of hosea is pound for pound as difficult a prophetic book as one can find in the bible, so we appreciate the work of j. The governor of idaho has closed pacific press publishing association in response to the covid19 outbreak. According to the superscription, hosea began his prophetic activity during the reign of jeroboam ii c. Free bible commentaries in easy english easyenglish bible.
Hosea is wellknown for being the prophet who introduced the concept of repentance. He prays that judah might remain separated from gilgal 4. Book after hosea is a crossword puzzle clue that we have spotted 7 times. 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. While will remain open and orders handled by local adventist book centers, they may have limited supply of some items. There is no faithfulness, no kindness,no knowledge of god in y. Hosea is twisting the name of the city of bethel meaning house of god into the more fitting name beth aven, meaning house of deceit.
Hosea 4 hear the word of the lord, o children of israel, for the lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. It appears that hosea may have moved from israel to judah sometime around 735 b. Set around the fall of the northern kingdom of israel, the book of hosea denounces the. Hosea 4 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. Stuart deals with the details of the text as well as the big picture.
Book of hosea, the first of 12 old testament books that bear the names of the minor prophets, considered as one book, the twelve, in the jewish canon. The corrupt and ineffective leadership of the priests. Study guide for hosea 4 by david guzik blue letter bible. In addition, indepth study tools are provided on the site with access to commentaries, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other theological resources. Blue letter bible is a free, searchable online bible program providing access to many different bible translations including. Its fourteen chapters contain both a warning concerning future events and an interpretation of these events meanings.
See all of our coronavirus resources here toggle navigation. Hosea 4, new international version niv the bible app. Hosea was commanded to marry an adulterer, to signify gods relationship with israel. This chapter opens the last section of the prophecy in which the same themes recur again and again. Gomer doesnt care anymore and begins to engage in relationship after relationship with other men. Paul probably had hoseas chapter in mind as he penned his own indictment of the gentile nations cf. There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of god in the land. A bible text and commentary on the book of ruth, written in level a easyenglish 1200 words. Study guide for hosea 1 by david guzik blue letter bible. The scope of his prophecy is to discover sin, and to denounce the judgments of god against a people that would not be reformed.
Personalize your study with highlighting, tagging favorite verses, and parallel bible views. Throughout the book, the prophet speaks to the people of israel about the critical situation that developed during the. Hosea his name meaning to save, salvation is the first of the socalled minor prophets. The book of hosea is a collection of prophetic messages delivered by the prophet hosea and narrative descriptions of hoseas marriage and the birth of his children 1. Hosea 4 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on the. Those that would seek the lord so as to find him, must apply to christ, and become his willing people. Those eight books are now combined into the onevolume bridgeway bible commentary, which is a companion in size, style and format to the bridgeway bible dictionary, an a to z of biblical information. These twelve prophets are comprised in one single book in the hebrew bible and are called the twelve.
The commentary on hosea within this volume is 220 pages of the total. The eight handbooks were dedicated to people who, in different ways, had a significant influence in my life and ministry. As we continue the study of hosea this morning chapter 4 marks a turn that continues through the rest of the book. Hosea chapter 4 coffmans commentary of the new testament. Most of hoseas messages are announcements of gods anger with israel the northern of the two israelite kingdoms and gods impending judgment on this people. The nelsons illustrated bible dictionary gives the following outline of the book. The charge against israel hear the word of the lord, you israelites, because the lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land. If pharaoh could have read the book of hosea, he would have known that the lord was a sovereign god chapters.
Next chapter of hosea the book of hosea, chapter 4 we hope that you find the content of the book of hosea, chapter 4 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. The book of hosea is a collection of prophetic messages delivered by the prophet hosea and narrative descriptions of hosea s marriage and the birth of his children 1. We also know that he had a wife named gomer, and two sons and a daughter hosea 1. They must long sit like a widow, stripped of all joys and honours. I am currently writing a commentary on hosea, my 34th book. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery. But in hoseas day it had become a center of false worship hosea 9. Throughout the book, hosea pictured the people turning away from the lord and turning toward other gods hos 4. Hosea continues to pursueat times gomer would return to the safety and comfort of hosea but would leave him again. The style is very concise and sententious, above any of the prophets. Therefore calamities were near, which would desolate the country. For the children of israel shall abide many days here begins a more plain and full explication of the symbolical action of the prophet, namely, that it signified what should befall the children of israel.
Study the bible online using commentary on hosea and more. Hosea 4 hear the word of the lord, ye children of israel. Israels first king or download in rtf format a bible text and commentary on the book of 1 samuel. According to the traditional order of most hebrew bibles, it is the first of the twelve minor prophets. Hosea 4 hear the word of the lord, you children of israel, for the lord brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land. Hosea with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Dig deep into gods word with over 15 available bibles, text commentaries, hebrew greek lexicon, interlinear, dictionaries, word searches, and more.
I write bible commentaries and am the author of 33 books. Throughout the book, hosea will show us that salvation is found in turning to the lord and away from our sin. In addition, indepth study tools are provided on the site with access to commentaries, encyclopedias, dictionaries. The single best commentary on the first five minor prophets is the commentary by douglas stuart in the word biblical commentary series. Throughout the book, hosea pictured the people turning away from the lord and turning toward other gods 4.