Hosea the Prophet

Where was Hosea from?

• Judah

• Israel

• Damascus

• Moab

During Hosea's lifetime, what empire had destroyed Israel and took them captive, thus fulfilling the prophecy?

• Assyria

• Babylonia

• Egypt

• Moab

The book of Hosea was a collection of Hosea's teaching written mostly in what style?

• question and answer

• narrative

• proverbs

• poetry

How did God tell Hosea to respond to Gomer after she continued to be unfaithful? Choose all that apply (2 possible answers).

• pay off her debts to her lovers

• divorce her

• commit love and faithfulness to her once again

• call out God's judgment on her just like he would to Israel

What did Hosea's marriage to Gomer symbolize?

• God's judgment

• Judah's faithfulness to God

• God's broken relationship with his people

• Israel's faithfulness to God

What did God decide to do about the covenant he made with his people?

• end it

• renew it

• ignore it

Part of the message of hope was that ultimately, God promised that a ________________ ___________ would come restore Israel.

Select all of the major themes that apply to the book of Hosea (2 possible answers).

• Israel has rebelled and God will bring severe consequences

• Judah was not as evil as Israel, so they were spared judgment.

• Israel broke the covenant, so they lost their relationship with God forever

• God's love and mercy are more powerful than Israel's sin

God decides to renew his covenant with Israel because they repented.

• True

• False

Hosea first accuses the people of not having Yada'. What is yada'?

• love

• knowledge

• discernment

• justice