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Hosea the Prophet

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Hosea from?

a)

Judah

b)

Israel

c)

Damascus

d)

Moab

2.

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

a)

Assyria

b)

Babylonia

c)

Egypt

d)

Moab

3.

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

a)

question and answer

b)

narrative

c)

proverbs

d)

poetry

4.

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

a)

pay off her debts to her lovers

b)

divorce her

c)

commit love and faithfulness to her once again

d)

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

5.

What did Hosea's marriage to Gomer symbolize?

a)

God's judgment

b)

Judah's faithfulness to God

c)

God's broken relationship with his people

d)

Israel's faithfulness to God

6.

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

a)

end it

b)

renew it

c)

ignore it

7.

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

(a)  

8.

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

a)

Israel has rebelled and God will bring severe consequences

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

9.

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

a)

True

b)

False

10.

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

a)

love

b)

knowledge

c)

discernment

d)

justice

11.

Yada' is simply intellectual knowledge about God. It does not imply a relationship or knowing someone.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Hosea's second accusation is Israel's hypocrisy. Explain what the Israelites were doing that was hypocritical. Select all that apply.

a)

social injustice

b)

not giving their offering

c)

fake worship

d)

idolatry

e)

broke the 10 commandments

13.

Israel made political alliances with ungodly nations, like Assyria and Egypt, and it ended up benefitting them.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Which of the following examples was NOT one that Hosea gives of other times in Israel's history where the people were in sin and it led to horrible consequences?

a)

worshipping the Roman gods

b)

Jacob's lying

c)

Israel's rebellion in the wilderness

d)

Corruption of King Saul

15.

What parable from the New Testament is the poem in Hosea Ch. 11 similar to?

a)

the parable of the talents

b)

the parable of the prodigal son

c)

the parable of the good Samaritan

d)

the parable of the sower

16.

In Hosea Ch. 14, God promises to ___________ their waywardness (disobedience) and to love them freely.

a)

ignore

b)

judge

c)

heal

d)

accept

17.

For the message of hope in Ch.14, what image does Hosea use to describe God blessing the nations through Abraham's family (the Israelites)?

a)

a calm ocean

b)

a lush tree

c)

a blazing fire

d)

a violent wind

18.

Based on Hosea 14:9 and the explanation at the end of The Bible Project video on Hosea, what does it reveal about God's character and human nature? Check all that apply.

a)

He is an angry God.

b)

His main goal is to heal and save.

c)

Our sin has consequences.

d)

It's possible for us to perfectly keep our end of the covenant (obey God's law).