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Acts 26:24; John 7:20, 8:48 and Matthew 5:11-12.3. What was God’s title for the prophet in this passage?Hosea 9:10-14 The glory departs4. Hosea 9:10. Another link with a parable see Matthew 21:18-19.5. Read about Baal Peor in Numbers 25:1-3. What 2 kinds of impurity andunfaithfulness are seen at Baal Peor and here in Israel? See also Psalm115:18.6. Hosea 9:11-14. What natural disasters arise from the misuse of sex in any age?7. What were Israel’s/Ephraim’s final losses?Hosea 9:15-17 The disinherited8. What 4 judgments are listed here?9. What is God’s last word about the Jews? See Romans11:11-16 and 25-36.Hosea 10:1-15 ‘Time to seek the Lord’10. What is the key verse in this chapter? Why is it key?Hosea 10:1-2 Bounty and betrayal11. “The development of cultic sanctuaries was simply turning part of the profit backinto the business. Altars and pillars were the holy machinery which produced theprosperity.” (J L Mays). Name some modern parallels.Hosea 10:3-6 Disenchantment12. Hosea 10:5. What is the difference between worldly grief and godly grief? 2Corinthians 7:10.Hosea 10:7-10 Days of reckoning13. The fall of Samaria is a foretaste of greater tragedies and judgments. See Luke13:2-5; 23:30-31 and Revelation 6:15-16.Hosea 10:11-15 A choice of harvests14. Hosea 10:11. See Hebrews 5:8 & 12:6. Jeremiah 4:3.15. Israel reacted badly to discipline. What was the result? See Mathew 13:1-9.<strong>Bible</strong> <strong>studies</strong> on the Minor Prophets, HOSEA No. 9, 6 March 2003Readings: Hosea 11:1-12:14Hosea 11:1-11Questions1. Why is chapter 11 so remarkable?Hosea 11:1-4 The cold shoulder2. Hosea 11:1. Why is this such a remarkable verse? See Exodus 4:22 and Matthew2:15. Why is the plural implied or used for ‘son’ in Exodus 4:22 and Hosea 11:2?
Hosea 11:5-7 The cruel consequences3. How much is the will involved in repentance?4. Why is Egypt mentioned? Why Assyria?Hosea 11:8-9 The warm resolve5. How was Ephraim different from Admah and Zeboiim?6. Give a brief definition of the word ‘holy’ a. in regard to God b. in regard to man.Hosea 11:10-11 The great home-coming7. Find another example of home-coming in the Old Testament which describes adetermination to follow the Lord.Hosea 11:12- 12:14 Look back and learn!Hosea 11:12-12:2 Double talk and double dealing8. Why were both kingdoms rebuked but especially Ephraim/Israel?Hosea 12:3-6 Wrestling Jacob9. Read Genesis 25:26. What does the name Jacob mean literally and figuratively?10. Read Genesis 32:22-32. What does the name Israel mean? What evidence is therein Hosea 12:3-6 of God’s part in the re-making of Jacob? What was now required ofthe people of the northern kingdom of Israel?Hosea 12:7-9 Affluent Ephraim11. Compare Ephraim with the Laodiceans in Revelation 3:17. Why is there aflashback to the Exodus?Hosea 12:10-14 Prophet without honour12. What do we learn in this passage about the role of the prophets? Deuteronomy18:15-22.13. Hosea 12:14. What special danger faces a once-enlightened nation, church orindividual? Matthew 4:4 and John 3:21.<strong>Bible</strong> <strong>studies</strong> on the Minor Prophets, HOSEA No. 10, 13 March 2003Readings: Hosea 13:1-14:9Questions on Hosea 13:1-15 The making of a kingdomHosea 13:1-3 Vanished dignity1. What mind-shift resulted in the sorry condition of Ephraim? What basic elementmakes this mind-shift so grave?2. How does the breaking of the first commandment lead on to the breaking of thesecond? Exodus 20:2-6.Hosea 13:4-8 No tame divinity
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