Author – Hosea
Time – 755 – 710 B.C.
Summary – The book of Hosea describes the patient long–suffering of God towards the rebellious and unfaithful northern kingdom of Israel. However, it is made clear to the Israelites that punishment will engulf anyone who remains wilfully rebellious. A key theme is Hosea’s marriage to the unfaithful Gomer, which is symbolic of the relationship between God and Israel.
| Passage | Subject |
| 1 v 2 to 9 | His marriage to Gomer |
| 1 v 10 to 11 | A message of hope |
| 2 v 1 to 13 | Judgement on faithless Israel |
| 2 v 14 to 23 | The restoration of faithless Israel |
| 3 v 1 to 5 | Hosea’s redemption of his faithless wife |
| Passage | Subject |
| 4 v 1 to 3 | The guilt of the people |
| 4 v 4 to 8 | The guilt of the priests |
| 4 v 9 to 10 | Punishment for all |
| 4 v 11 to 19 | Immoral cult practices |
| 5 v 1 to 7 | Judgement on kings and priests for leading the people astray |
| 5 v 8 to 15 | Disastrous foreign policies of Ephraim and Judah |
| 6 v 1 to 6 | Israel’s plea and God’s rejoinder |
| 6 v 7 to 7 v 7 | The crimes of Israel |
| 7 v 8 to 8 v 3 | Israel’s disastrous foreign policy |
| 8 v 4 to 14 | Israel’s idolatry and wicked alliances |
| 9 v 1 to 9 | The exile of Israel foretold |
| 9 v 10 to 14 | Israel’s ancient apostasy at Baal – peor |
| 9 v 15 to 17 | Israel’s apostasy at Gilgal |
| 10 v 1 to 8 | Destruction of the Baal cult prophesied |
| 10 v 9 to 10 | The sin at Gibeah |
| 10 v 11 to 15 | The ruin of Israel |
| 11 v 1 to 7 | God’s love; Israel’s ingratitude |
| 11 v 8 to 11 | God’s pity for his people |
| 11 v 12 to 12 v 14 | The sins of Jacob |
| 13 v 1 to 3 | The wicked bull–worship |
| 13 v 4 to 11 | The gracious God to bring destruction |
| 13 v 12 to 16 | Inescapable ruin |
| Passage | Subject |
| 14 v 1 to 3 | The call to repentance |
| 14 v 4 to 8 | The promise of pardon |
| 14 v 9 | A parting admonition |
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