Questions about the book of the prophet Hosea or the prophet himself.
Questions tagged [hosea]
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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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