Questions tagged [hosea]

Questions about the book of the prophet Hosea or the prophet himself.

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Which prophets are mad in Hosea 9:7?

Hosea 9:7 (ESV) reads, The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool; the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred. It seems there are two contrary…
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Who are Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob in Hosea 10:11?

Hosea 10:11 Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to thresh; so I will put a yoke on her fair neck. I will drive Ephraim, Judah must plow, and Jacob must break up the ground. What do Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob represent?
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What are the “cords of a man” in Hosea 11:4?

Hosea 11:4 NASB: I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love, And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; And I bent down and fed them. Robert Alter’s translation for the first phrase reads: With human cords I tugged…
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What does it mean to 'sow the wind and reap the whirlwind'?

Hosea 8:7 reads as follows: in ESV: For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. in BHS: כִּ֛י ר֥וּחַ יִזְרָ֖עוּ וְסוּפָ֣תָה יִקְצֹ֑רוּ What does this mean?
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Does God destroy the fetuses of those who do not worship him?

Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. Hos 13:16
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When was Hosea 9:3 fulfilled?

Hosea 9:3 They will not remain in the LORD's land; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria. When were these fulfilled?
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Past tense or present tense for the imperfects in Hosea 13:11?

Hosea 13:11 New International Version So in my anger I gave you a king, and in my wrath I took him away. I gave אֶֽתֶּן־ (’et·ten-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular I took [him] away. וְאֶקַּ֖ח (wə·’eq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw |…
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