Bible studies on the Minor Prophets, HOSEA No.1, 9 January 2003 ...

Questions on Hosea 5:1-13 The prospect darkensHosea 5:1-2 A nation to avoid1. Comment on Mizpah and Tabor.2. What sections of Israel were culpable? How can we apply these verses to thepresent day?Hosea 5:5-7 No short way home3. Was there still hope for Israel? What 2 factors stand out?4. What is the fundamental lack in nominal religion?Hosea 5:8-14 Deep troubleNote on Hosea 5:8-9. Israel/Ephraim was wiped out in 722 BC.Note on Hosea 5:10. Judah and Benjamin were brought to their knees in 701 BC onlyto collapse after little more than a century.5. What do we learn about the sin of land-grabbing? See also Micah 2:2 and Isaiah5:8. What examples do we see today?6. How did God use Assyria as his instrument of punishment? How did he act moredirectly himself? Are there modern parallels?Hosea 5:15-7:2 Let us press on to know the LordHosea 5:15-6:6 The reunion God longs for7. How do you interpret this section?8. How does Jesus apply Hosea 6:6? How does this verse relate to us? See 1Corinthians 13.Hosea 6:1-7:2 The rebuff to God’s advances9. Hosea 7:2. Why does God and his judgment seem irrelevant to many people thenand now?<strong>Bible</strong> <strong>studies</strong> on the Minor Prophets, HOSEA No.6 & 7, 13 & 20 February 2003Readings: Hosea 7:3-16 Decadence. Hosea 8:1-14 Sowing the wind, reaping thewhirlwind.Questions on Hosea 7:3-7 Corruption at court1. What should the royal anniversary have been like? See Psalm 72:1.2. What striking simile does Hosea use here for the actuality?3. What kind of men ruled Israel before its final fall and disappearance in 722 BC?See 2 Kings 15:10, 14, 25 & 30. Consider the rulers of our times and pray for thenations.Questions on Hosea 7:8-16 A nation of unteachables4. Hosea 7:8. What is the meaning of this simile? How can it be applied to the church