A Study of the Book of

HOSEA

"The Prophet Hosea" by James Tissot

Bruce Leonard
NAME: Hosea means “Jehovah is salvation”

MESSAGE: “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge”

(4:6).

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Hosea was the last to prophesy before the northern kingdom fell to
Assyria (about 722 B.C.). When he began his ministry the northern
kingdom was experiencing a peace and prosperity not experienced
since the days of Solomon. This prosperity led Israel to moral
decay. They turned from God to worship idols. God instructed
Hosea to marry a wife of whoredom. Her unfaithfulness would
serve as a living illustration of Israel’s apostasy and God’s love for
this unfaithful nation. Hosea then gives God’s complaint against
Israel and warns that punishment would come if they did not return
to God and be faithful to him. Hosea shows the deep love God has
for his people and that he would not tolerate idolatry.

DATE:
Prophesied in reigns of:
JUDAH ISRAEL
Uzziah 783-742 B.C. Jeroboam II 786-746 B.C.
Jotham 745-735
Ahaz 735-715
Hezekiah 715-687

THEME: Hosea characterizes the loving-kindness of God.

Therefore, Hosea is called “the prophet of love” or “the prophet of a
broken heart.”

CHILDREN: Son, Daughter, Son

1. Jezreel – “to sow” or “to scatter” – The house of Jehu will perish
in the Valley of Jezreel
2. Lo-ruhamah – “not pitied” or “no mercy” – God withdraws His
love from Israel.
3. Lo-Ammi – “not my people” – the covenant with God is broken

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MEMORABLE EPIGRAMS: The Lord is Angry with Israel – 13:1-16
1. 4:6 – My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because
you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. S G L F S I O N E S P H E C U B S
2. 4:9 – I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their M H R S P G C M M A L D O P E N N
deeds. H D E A Y V W R O I V R E R E H W
3. 6:4 – What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with
V T E O Z O B I A S S N I B D Z P
you, O Judah? Your love is like a morning cloud, like the dew that
goes early away. S B R L L E R D E F N T E W B F V
4. 6:6 – For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge K S R I L G D T E D T A P M S O L
of God rather than burnt offerings. B L I E B I N G S R R S R A V S R
5. 8:7 – For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. S B F K A D F I B E R O M L S G C
6. 10:7 – Samaria’s king shall perish like a twig on the face of the L K B R Z S L D S E D U U E K N R
waters.
G U I C L E T I I I A T C G N A E
7. 10:12 – Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love;
break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the LORD N R N L P E G E H E R R G N H P P
that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. I W O W L L O U M C D E D U I T L
8. 11:1 – When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I T E O I I F A P I D E A T H C W E
called my son. S B M D V S U G A L P S G H H I H
9. 12:1 – Ephraim feeds on the wind and pursues the east wind all G R O W N A E L U R T U L G A N Z
day long; they multiply falsehood and violence; they make a
U C E D S I S W L E D R M C F D W
covenant with Assyria, and oil is carried to Egypt.
10. 13:14 – Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I K R U L M S W B W Y S Y N D F O E
redeem them from Death? O Death, where are your plagues? O
Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from my eyes. BEAR GUILT RISING
BREAST HELPER ROBBED
CHAFF INCURRED SAVIOR
STEPS TO RUIN: CHILDBIRTH KISS SHEOL
The successive steps taken by Israel that led them down the road of CRAFTSMEN LEOPARD SKILLFULLY
ruin and led to helplessness and destruction: CUBS LURK STING
DEATH MIST SWIRLS
DESTROYS ONES TREASURY
1. Lack of knowledge 4:6 DIED OPEN UNWISE
2. Pride 5:5 DROUGHT PANGS WHERE
3. Instability 6:4 FILLED PLAGUES WIND
4. Worldliness 7:8 GRAZED RANSOM WINDOW
5. Corruption 9:9
6. Backsliding 11:7
7. Open Idolatry 13:2

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 Israel’s Defeat Because of Sin – 10:9-15 CONCISE OUTLINE OF HOSEA:
I. THE TRAGEDY OF UNFAITHFULNESS – 1 – 3
T S U M P H S E R H T B Q S A. An Unusual Marriage – 1:2-3
C D H A E B I G N E Y B R N B. A Symbolic Family – 1:4-9
G F A I R F W S P A R E D P 1. The Name of Jezreel – 1:4-5
2. Lo-ruhamah – 1:6-7
A S S E N S U O E T H G I R
3. Lo-ammi – 1:8-9
D N E Y Q P D S B T D E N I 4. Reversal of the Names – 1:10 – 2:1
E G S S R C H E O F L D J N C. An Extended Metaphor: The Adulterous Wife – 2:2-7
T W F D A A O M P B A W U I 1. Her Shameless Profligacy – 2:2
S O K N L E F N U A G J S Q 2. Her Certain Punishment – 2:3-4
U L E M J N L O T D E F T U 3. Her Disgusting Behavior – 2:5
4. Her Future Repentance – 2:6-7
R P A G A M D P J I Q R I I
D. A Concrete Illustration: Perverted Prosperity – 2:8-13
T N U T L U M U T U N K C T 1. The Source of Prosperity Ignored – 2:8
Y D E S T R O Y E D Y U E Y 2. The Removal of Prosperity Threatened – 2:9-11
N E C K W O L L A F C F E J 3. The Abuse of Prosperity Reiterated – 2:12-13
U T S U J N U H A R R O W D E. A Triumphant Announcement: Love Wins Out – 2:14-23
1. A New Courtship – 2:14-15a
CONTINUED INJUSTICE SHALMAN 2. A New Response – 2:15b-17
DESTROYED MOTHERS SPARED 3. A New Covenant – 2:18
DOUBLE MUST THRESH 4. A New marriage – 2:19-20
FAIR NECK TRUSTED 5. A New Prosperity – 2:21-22
FALLOW PLEASE TUMULT
6. A New Privilege – 2:23
GIBEAH PLOW UNJUST
HARROW REAPED F. An Action Parable: Love Risks All – 3:1-5
INIQUITY RIGHTEOUSNESS 1. Love for a Fallen Woman – 3:1
2. Loving Discipline – 3:2-3
3. Symbolic Significance – 3:4
4. Prophetic Anticipation – 3:5

II. THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE – 4:1 – 6:3

A. The Sin of the Land – 4:2-19
1. The Sins of the People – 4:2-5
2. The Sins of the Priests – 4:6-10
3. The Sin of Idolatry – 4:11-14
4. A Warning to Judah – 4:15-19
B. Judgment on the Land – 5:1-15
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 1. Impartiality of the Sentence – 5:1 The Charges Against Israel – 4:1-19
2. Basis for the Sentence – 5:2-3
3. Necessity of the Sentence – 5:4-5 C H E K L A C K L B Y J O I N E D S
4. Certainty of the Sentence – 5:6-10 O F S A S Y N G U I L T Y G Y H F E
5. Portraits of the Judgment – 5:11-15 N T U I K G O J B A R U S L S H C V
C. An Appeal for Repentance – 6:1-3
T Y C O U J I B M L A N P I Y E J I
1. First Exhortation and Incentive – 6:1-2
2. Second Exhortation and Incentive – 6:3 E S C S F G T R A S E D R A H I I G
N R A V O K N O L O D E E F S F N K
III. THE LACK OF MERCY – 6:4 – 8:14 D E S E R W E A K R H R I R I E F G
A. Mercy, Not Superficial Religion – 6:4-11 L V T R S B T D L C S S E S N R O B
1. The Charge – 6:4-5 I O U I A U N U P E E T K W U J R O
2. The Contrast – 6:6-7
A R B U K R O Y T M H A N O P B G U
3. The Confirmation – 6:8-11
B. Mercy, Not Violence – 7:1-7 S T B Q E N C U T G K N O L Y L E N
C. Mercy, Not Political Intrigue – 7:8-16 E N O N N T T C U T W D W L G O T D
1. A Ruinous Policy – 7:8-10 D O R I L I I A B L B I L O T O Y S
2. A Futile Policy – 7:11-12 I C N U T B D M L U I N E F S D C Y
3. A Disastrous Policy – 7:13 R R M S G V U T M C I G D M E S M F
4. An Ungrateful Policy – 7:14-16
B J O C E R O H W O V M G Y I H L I
D. Mercy, Not Law Breaking – 8:1-4
1. Illegitimate Rulers – 8:4 Y R U Y D E E R G R C J E G R E Y S
2. Illegal Religion – 8:5-6 P Y A L P Q A D U L T E R Y P D K H
3. Reckless Sowing – 8:7-8
4. Disastrous Foreign Policy – 8:9-10 ACCUSE CULT JOINED
5. Multiple Altars – 8:11-12 ADULTERY DAUGHTERS KNOWLEDGE
ALSO DEARLY LACK
6. Worthless Offerings – 8:13 BLOODSHED FEED LAMB
7. Neglect of God – 8:14 BOUNDS FISH LANGUISH
BRIDES FOLLOWS LYING
IV. THE CONSEQUENCES OF SIN – 9:1 – 11:11 BROAD FORGET PLAY
A. Sin Results in Great loss – 9:1-9 BURN FORSAKEN PRIEST
CHERISH GIVES PROSTITUTES
1. Loss of Joy – 9:1-2 COMMIT GREEDY PUNISH
2. Loss of Spiritual Privileges – 9:3-5 CONTEND GUILTY STUBBORN
3. Loss of Inheritance – 9:6 CONTENTION HEIFER UNDERSTANDING
4. Loss of Hope – 9:7-9 CONTROVERSY INQUIRE WHORE
B. Israel’s Spiritual Biography – 9:10-17
1. An Early Fall – 9:10
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Israel is Punished and Brought Back to the Lord – 2:2-23 2. A Terrible Punishment – 8:11-14
3. An Infamous Career – 9:15
D G N I R D F L P D G S F E T S P 4. A Final Rejection – 9:16-17
A A N X I H E O B L T Y K M S I E C. God’s Judgment on Apostate Religion – 10:1-11
J K R E M W T S R S I A E E H T H 1. Israel’s Sin – 10:1-2
2. Israel’s Sorrow – 10:3-5
F I O A D Y R O A E M E N A U S U
3. Israel’s Shame – 10:6
L L B N D E R E R T S D T L S M N 4. Israel’s Suffering – 10:7-8
A L E S T O F L L T E T H A B I T 5. Israel’s Sentence – 10:9-11
X S F T H M R A E K E F E A A R H D. A Call for Repentance – 10:12-15
S L E L O A V N A W D B R B N T I 1. The Exhortation – 10:12
T B S O E I M N E E E L E R D H R 2. The Explanation – 10:13
3. The Urgency – 10:14-15
S U N H S S L E C D V J F E N U S
4. The New Beginning – 11:1
E S D H T L R L F L O N O W A E T E. The God of Love – 11:2-11
L Y E T I A A E N U O L R S K G Y 1. The Pain of God’s Love – 11:2
U D F W T R B T H N L V E N E D C 2. The Picture of God’s Love – 11:3-4
M O T H E R B B I T U L E A D E R 3. The Punishment for Rejection God’s Love – 11:5-7
E U K S N M J A A J B K Y R M H E 4. The Perplexities of God’s Love – 11:8-9
S I G H T T R X A S L O O W S R M 5. Predicted Results of God’s Love – 11:10-11
D C D P B G A T W P L E A D P S R V. LACK OF FAITHFULNESS – 11:12 – 14:9
A. A Sin Against Ancestry – 11:12 – 12:6
ADORNED HERSELF MOTHER 1. Description of Degenerate Jacob – 11:12 – 12:2
ANSWER HUSBAND NAKED
BAAL JEWELRY NAKEDNESS
2. The Example of Historical Jacob – 12:3-5
BETROTH KILL PLEAD 3. The Appeal to Degenerate Jacob – 12:6
BETTER LAVISHED RING B. A Sin Against Faithfulness – 12:7-14
BORN LEST SABBATHS 1. Rebukes for Sin – 12:7-8
DECLARES LEWDNESS SHAMEFULLY 2. A Long-standing Relationship – 12:9-11
FEASTS LOVERS SIGHT
FLAX MAKE THEREFORE
3. An Illustration of God’s Faithfulness – 12:12-13
FOREST MERCY THIRST 4. Retribution Threatened – 12:14
GRAIN MIRTH WILL C. From Life to Death – 13:1-8
HEDGE MOONS WOOL 1. Present Spiritual Death – 13:1-2
2. Imminent Political Death – 13:3
3. The Justice of the Death Sentence – 13:4-6
4. The Severity of the Death Process – 13:7-8
D. From Death to life – 13:9-16
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 1. Israel’s Rebellion – 13:9-10 God’s Case Against Jacob’s Heirs – 12:1-8
2. Israel’s Retribution – 13:11-13
3. Israel’s Resurrection – 13:14-15a U W S A P B T P E W T A P
4. Israel’s Ruin – 13:15b-16 P L T C D M I N H P N C H
E. Final Appeal for Repentance – 14:1-8 U D O O S E B S G D E C G
1. The Call for Repentance – 14:1-3
R O L N T R W E S O M O R
2. The Immediate Results of Repentance – 14:4-5
3. Long-range Results of Repentance – 14:6-7 S O A T R C I C R O T R E
4. Final Appeal – 14:8 U H I I O H N N O H C D H
E N R N V A S A B E I I T
EPILOGUE – 14:9 S A O U E N D L A S D N O
B M M A G T E A L L N G R
SUGGESTED OUTLINES:
W W E L N U E B G A I C B
1:2 – 3:5 The sin against trust
4:1 – 6:11 The sin against truth A Y M L E G F A D F L W P
7:1 – 13:16 The sin against troth C F W Y H E E E S L A F B
14:1-9 The final appeal L L D L O H H L W I N D D

I. Israel’s adultery: Ch. 1-3 ACCORDING FEEDS MERCHANT

A. Hosea and Gomer are used representatively of God and Israel: ANGEL HEEL PURSUES
1:1 – 2:1 BALANCES HOLD STROVE
BROTHER INDICTMENT WEPT
B. The chastisement of idolatrous Israel, their conversion and
CONTINUALLY LABORS WIND
restoration: 2:22 -23 FALSE MANHOOD
C. The prophet’s symbolic marriage: Chapter 3 FALSEHOOD MEMORIAL
II. Prophetic discourses: Chapters 4-13
A. Jehovah’s controversy with Israel: Chapters 4-6
B. Israel’s corrupt political condition and consequences: Chapters
7-8
C. Israel’s apostasy – its punishment, exile, and destruction:
Chapters 9-11
D. Israel’s apostasy and God’s fidelity: Chapters 23-13
III. Israel’s conversion and pardon: Chapter 14
A. God’s grace once more will be shown those who turn to him:
verses 1-8
B. Epilogue: verse 9

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 Israel and Judah are Unrepentant – 6:1 – 7:16 LESSONS OF VALUE:
1. Nothing can quench the love of God.
A F O D H E D G Z W X B I Y B W U G 2. God experiences deep pain when He is abandoned by his people.
A D N T R U O V O D S O C A A A H N 3. The marriage relationship is sacred..
N I U I O E P U O D B W N G S U G I 4. Tragedy follows when one heeds unworthy teachers.
5. There is no double standard of morality in God’s plans.
B V S L S E L V N O N D B X K Y U O
6. Sin destroys man’s ability to make moral decisions.
R E C A T D E A K E I L N E A X O G 7. Divorce is not a solution. It is merely an effort to escape.
D E K P U E B Z L T A H U R E I D M 8. Worship of God is not acceptable unless one worships with the
G V Y P L G R L S Z D G G S R K I E right spirit (attitude).
A I E R C I A E E D I B R U B A L Z 9. Corrupt leaders will quickly corrupt a nation.
S L H O K F G S R R E E X C R B F H 10. Good relationships are important because one can become like
those whom they associate.
H H T A N L T H T S O B P H I N G A
11. Forgiveness and restoration to God’s favor is found in genuine
F E G C E A K N T D S S P R O U F I repentance.
A A N H A E I O L S E E R I O H H R 12. A nation’s inward corruption causes it more harm than external
L T I Z D H V I E C I O S H C W E S adversaries.
S A L D I E V X N S H I T C E R W B 13. Unfaithfulness to God is the root from which all other sins
E A L E N E I I W A R L H L A E N G spring forth..
L D A E G M R O B E A V O B S K G C
Y A C D R P N V D R I E H T E A E B
Y M G S Y K G N I N R O M C S B L D

ADAM DEEDS HEAL

ADULTERERS DERISION HEAT
ALTHOUGH DESIRE HEWN
APPROACH DOUGH HORRIBLE
BAKER DOVE INTRIGUE
BAND EPHRAIM KNEADING
BANDITS EVIL KNOWS
BEDS EVILDOERS LIGHT
BIND FALLEN MIXES
BLAZES FALSELY MORNING
BREAKS GASH OVEN
CAKE GOES PRINCES
CALLING GOING THEIR
CEASES GRAY THEY
CLOUD HAIRS WOULD
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 QUESTION OF HOSEA Further Assurance of God’s Redeeming Love – 3:1-5

CHAPTER 1 R A I S I N S G G A M
U H M I N E E T F I F
1. To whom did the word of the Lord come to? (v. 1) L E B L E T H E C H U
P D A V I D D W E L L
2. Whose son was he?
P D H O U S E H O L D
3. Which kings reigned in Judah? I A D U L T E R E S S
L K B H O M E R L T T
4. Which king reigned in Israel? L E P H O D C A K E S
A S S E N D O O G K O
5. What did the Lord tell Hosea to do? (v. 2)
R G O S R B O U G H T
6. What kind? D F F W I T H O U T M

7. What kind of children was Hosea to take? ADULTERESS EPHOD LETHECH

BOUGHT FIFTEEN MINE
CAKES GOODNESS PILLAR
8. What had the land done? DAVID HOMER RAISINS
DWELL HOUSEHOLD WITHOUT
9. How did they do it?

10. Who did Hosea take? (v. 3)

11. Whose daughter was she?

12. What was the name of their son? (v. 4)

13. What does his name mean?

14. Whose blood would be avenged?

15. Whose house would be punished?

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Hosea’s Marriage and Children – 1:1 – 2:1 16. What would come to an end?

Y E B B C V P A E S O H 17. What would the Lord break? (v. 5)

M C M S R H E R O B H E
O G R A T G I T C C O W 18. Where would it be broken?
D G D E N I C L O H U A
19. What was their daughter’s name? (v. 6)
E O A B M A M N D T S M
R M U J L I C M N R E V 20. What does it mean?
O E G L E E A I O A E S
H R H T I Z O L S C A N 21. Upon whom would the Lord have mercy? (v. 7)
W E T V R P R U B V T B
22. What would they be saved by?
O S E V P D R E E I J W
N D R A A E V I E C D I 23. What would they not be saved by?
S A I D D J E H U L Z E
24. What happened after their daughter was weaned? (v. 8)
APPOINT DIBLAIM MERCY
BORE GOMER NAME 25. What was their son’s name? (v. 9)
CALL HOSEA SAID
CHILDREN HOUSE SAVE
COMMITS JEHU WHOREDOM 26. What does his name mean?
CONCEIVED JEZREEL
DAUGHTER MEASURED 27. What would the “number of the children of Israel” be like? (v.
10)

28. What would be said to them?

29. What will the children of Judah and Israel do? (v. 11)

30. What would they appoint?

31. Where would they go?

32. What will be great?

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1. What would they say to their brothers? (v. 1)
2. What would they say to their sisters?
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6. What was she to put away from her face?
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8. What would he make her: (v. 3)
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The Holy Bible : King James Version. electronic ed. of the 1769 edition of
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5. What would they not ride on? 14. What did she say she would go after?

6. What would they not say to the work of their hands? 15. What did they giver her?

7. What do the orphans find? 16. What would be hedged up? (v. 6)

8. What would be healed? (v. 4) 17. What would be made?

9. How would God love them? 18. What would she not find?

10. What did God turn from them? 19. What would she pursue? (v. 7)

11. What would God be like to Israel? (v. 5) 20. Would she find them?

12. How will they grow? 21. What would she say she would do?

13. How would they take root? 22. Why would she do this?

14. What would his beauty be like? (v. 6) 23. What had he given her? (v. 8)

15. What would his smell be like? 24. What had these things been used for?

16. How would those who return flourish? (v. 7) 25. What would be taken back? (v. 9)

17. How would they grow? 26. What was used to cover her nakedness?

18. What does God do for Ephraim? (v. 8) 27. What would be uncovered? (v. 10)

19. What would God belike? 28. Who would deliver her?

20. What would the wise be able to do? (v. 9) 29. What would he put an end to? (v. 11)

21. What are the ways of the Lord? 30. What would be destroyed? (v. 12)

22. Who walks in them?

23. Who falls in them?

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31. What were they to her? 19. What is bound up? (v. 12)

32. Who had given them to her? 20. What comes upon Ephraim? (v. 13)

33. What would they be made into? 21. What would they be ransomed from? (v. 14)

34. What would eat them? 22. What would they be redeemed from?

35. For what would she be punished? (v. 13) 23. What is hidden from God’s eyes?

36. What had she offered to Baal? 24. What would come from the wilderness? (v. 15)

37. What had she adorned herself with? 25. What would be dry?

38. What had she gone after? 26. What would happen to the treasury?

39. Who had she forgotten? 27. What would happen to Samaria? (v. 16)

40. What would the Lord do to her? (v. 14) 28. What had Samaria done?

41. Where would he bring her? 29. What would happen to their infants?

42. How would he speak to her? 30. What would happen to the pregnant women?

43. What would he giver her? (v. 150

CHAPTER 14
44. What would he make a door of hope?
1. What was Israel told to do? (v. 1)
45. How would she sing?
2. What did their iniquity cause them to do?
46. What would she call him at that day? (v. 16)
3. What were they to ask the Lord to take away? (v. 2)
47. What would she not call him?
4. Who will not save them? (v. 3)

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6. What would they be like? (v. 3) 48. What would he remove from her mouth? (v. 17)

a. 49. What would he make for them? (v. 18)

b. 50. What would he break (abolish)?

c. 51. How would he make them lie down?

d. 52. To whom would he betroth them? (v. 19)

7. From what land was the Lord their God? (v. 4) 53. How would he betroth them?

8. Who would they not know? 54. Who will they know? (v. 20)

9. Where did God know them? (v. 5) 55. What would the Lord do in that day? (v. 21, 22)

10. Why did they forget God? (v. 6) 56. Upon whom would the Lord have mercy? (v. 23)

11. What would God be to them? (v. 7) 57. What would he say to those who are not his people?

12. How would He come upon them? (v. 8) 58. What will they say?

13. What would He do to their heart (breast)? CHAPTER 3

14. How would He devour them? 1. What did the Lord tell Hosea to do? (v. 1)

15. Who is destroyed? (v. 9) 2. How was he to love her?

16. Who was their helper? 3. What had they turned to?

17. Why did God give them a king? (v. 11) 4. How much did he buy her for? (v. 2)

18. Why did God take away their king? 5. How should she live? (v. 3)

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6. What should she not do? 21. How did God speak to them? (v. 10)

7. Who should she not belong to? 22. What did he multiply?

8. What would the children of Israel dwell without for many days? 23. What did he give through the prophets?
(v. 4)
24. Where did they sacrifice? (v. 11)
a.
25. What were their altars?
b.
26. Where did Jacob flee? (v. 12)
c.
27. How did Israel serve?
d.
28. How did the Lord bring them from Egypt? (v. 13)
e.
29. Who provoked the Lord? (v. 14)
f.
30. What would the Lord leave upon him?
9. What would the children of Israel do? (v. 5)
31. Why would the Lord repay him?
10. Who would they seek?

11. Who would they fear? CHAPTER 13

1. When was Ephraim exalted? (v. 1)

CHAPTER 4
2. What caused him to die?
1. Who is to hear the word of the Lord? (v. 1)
3. How did they sin? (v. 2)
2. Who did the Lord have a controversy with?
4. What did they make?
3. What was missing in the land?
5. What did the one who sacrifice kiss?

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4. Who did they make a covenant with? 4. What was found in the land? (v. 2)

5. What is carried into Egypt? 5. What did the land do? (v. 3)

6. Who else does the Lord have a problem with? (v. 2) 6. What did those who dwell in the land do?

7. How would Jacob be punished? 7. What was taken away from the land?

8. When did Jacob take his brothers heel? (v. 3) 8. What were they told not to do? (v. 4)

9. With whom did Jacob strive (have power)? 9. When would they fall? (v. 5)

10. Did he prevail over the angel? (v. 4) 10. Who would fall at night?

11. Where did he find God? 11. Who would be destroyed?

12. What is his memorial? (v. 5) 12. Why were the people destroyed? (v. 6)

13. Who were they to turn to? (v. 6) 13. Why were they lacking?

14. What were they to keep? 14. Why were they rejected?

15. How were they to wait on God? 15. What had they forgotten?

16. What were in the hands of merchants? (v. 7) 16. Who would God forget?

17. What did he love to do? 17. What happened as they increased? (v. 7)

18. What did Ephraim say he had become? (v. 8) 18. What Would God change their glory into?

19. What did he say could not be found in his labors? 19. What did they eat up (feed on)? (v. 8)

20. Where would God make them dwell? (v. 9) 20. What were they greedy for?

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21. Why would they be punished? (v. 9) 18. What would He not do for them?

22. What would be reward? 19. How was His heart? (v. 8)

23. What is the result of their eating? (v. 10) 20. What would He not execute? (v. 9)

24. What would be the results of their whoredom? 21. Why would He not destroy Ephraim?

25. Why would they not multiply? 22. Who was in their midst?

26. What takes away their heart (understanding)? (v. 11) 23. How would He not come?

27. Of whom do the people seek counsel? (v. 12) 24. How shall they go? (v. 10)

28. What gives them oracles? 25. What will happen when He roars?

29. What led them astray? 26. How will they tremble? (v. 11)

30. What did they leave God to do? 27. Where will they return?

31. Where did they offer sacrifices? (v. 13) 28. What did Ephraim do? (v. 12)

32. Where did they burn incense? 29. What did Israel do?

33. What did their daughters do? 30. What did Judah do?

34. What did their wives do?

CHAPTER 12
35. Who will fall or come to ruin?
1. What did Ephraim feed upon? (v. 1)
36. Who played the harlot? (v. 15)
2. What did Ephraim pursue?
37. Who was not to become guilty?
3. How did he multiply?

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CHAPTER 11 38. Where were they not to go?

1. When did God love them? (v. 1) 39. What were they not to swear?

2. Where did he call them from? 40. What was Israel like? (v. 16)

3. What did they sacrifice to? (v. 2) 41. What was Ephraim joined to? (v. 17)

4. To what did they burn offerings (incense)? 42. What did they do when their drink was gone? (v. 18)

5. What was Ephraim taught? (v. 3) 43. What did the rulers love?

6. What did they not know? 44. Why would they be ashamed? (v. 19)

7. How were they led? (v. 4)

CHAPTER 5
8. What was taken off their jaws?
1. Who was to listen? (v. 1)
9. What did God do for them?
2. What was coming to them?
10. Where would they not return? (v. 5)
3. What had they been?
11. Who would be their king?
4. What did the revolters do? (v. 2)
12. Why?
5. What would God do?
13. What would be in their cities? (v. 6)
6. Who did God know? (v. 3)
14. What would be consumed?
7. Who was not hid from him?
15. What would be devoured?
8. What had Ephraim done?
16. What were the people bent on doing? (v. 7)
9. What happened to Israel?
17. Who would they call out to?

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10. What did their deed prevent them from doing? (v. 4) 25. What was Ephraim like? (v. 11)

11. What was in their midst? 26. What would happen to Ephraim?

12. Who did they not know? 27. What would happen to Judah?

13. What testified to his face? (v. 5) 28. What would happen to Jacob?

14. Who would fall in their guilt? 29. What were they to sow? (v. 12)

15. Who would fall with them? 30. How were they to reap?

16. With what would they go? (v. 6) 31. What was it time for?

17. Who would they seek? 32. What did they plow? (v. 13)

18. Would they find him? 33. What did they reap?

19. What had the Lord done? 34. What did they eat?

20. With who had they dealt treacherously (faithlessly)? (v. 7) 35. What did they trust in?

21. What kind of children had they borne? 36. What would the result be? (v. 14)

22. What would devour them? 37. Who did Shalman destroy?

23. Where were they to blow the horn? (v. 8) 38. What happened to the mothers?

24. Where were they to blow the trumpet? 39. Why would this be done to them? (v. 15)

25. Where were they to cry or sound the alarm? 40. What would happen in the morning?

26. When would Ephraim become desolate? (v. 9)

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8. How would judgment spring up? 27. Among whom did he make known what would happen?

9. Who would tremble? (v. 5) 28. What were the princes of Judah like? (v. 10)

10. What do the people mourn for? 29. What would the Lord do to them?

11. Why? 30. What condition is Ephraim in? (v. 11)

12. Where would the calf be taken? (v. 6) 31. Why?

13. Why? 32. What would the Lord be to Ephraim? (v. 12)

14. What would Israel be ashamed of? 33. What would he be to Judah?

15. Who would perish? (v. 7) 34. What did Ephraim see? (v. 13)

16. How? 35. What did Judah see?

17. What would be destroyed? (v. 8) 36. Where did Ephraim go?

18. What would grow on the altars? 37. What was not able to happen?

19. What would they want the mountains and hills to do? 38. What would the Lord be like to Ephraim? (v. 14)

20. How long had Israel sinned? (v. 9) 39. What would he be like to Judah?

21. What would over take them? 40. What would the Lord do?

22. When would they be disciplined? (v. 10) 41. Who would be able to rescue them?

23. Who would be gathered against them? 42. Where would the Lord go? (v. 15)

24. What binds them up? 43. How long would he be there?

44. What would cause them to seek the Lord?

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CHAPTER 6 34. What was in Gilgal? (v. 15)

1. To whom are they to return? (v. 1) 35. Why did God hate them?

2. What will the Lord do since he has torn? 36. What would he do to them?

3. What will the Lord do to the smitten? 37. What are their princes?

4. What will he do after two days? (v. 2) 38. What is the result of Ephraim being stricken? (v. 16)

5. What will he do after the third day? 39. What would happen when they gave birth?

6. Where would they live? 40. Who would reject them? (v. 17)

7. What were they encouraged to do? (v. 3) 41. Why?

8. How would the Lord come? 42. What would they be?

9. What did he ask Ephraim? (v. 4)

CHAPTER 10
10. What did he ask Judah?
1. How is Israel described? (v. 1)
11. What was there goodness like?
2. What did they build more of as their fruit increased?
12. How did it go away?
3. What kind of heart did Israel have? (v. 2)
13. By what were they hewn? (v. 5)
4. What would the Lord break down?
14. How did he slay them?
5. What will they say they do not have? (v. 3)
15. How are his judgments described?
6. Why?
16. What did God desire? (v. 6)
7. What kind of covenant had they made? (v. 4)

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17. Who is a fool? 17. What did he not desire?

18. Who is mad? 18. What did he desire more than burnt offerings?

19. Why? 19. What did they transgress? (v. 7)

20. Who was with God? (v. 8) 20. How did they act toward God?

21. What was his ways? 21. What kind of city was Gilead? (v. 8)

22. What did they do to themselves? (v. 9) 22. How did the priests behave? (v. 9)

23. What would God do? 23. What did they commit?

24. What would God remember? 24. What did he see in the house of Israel? (v. 10)

25. How did God find Israel? (v. 10) 25. What was in Ephraim?

26. How did God wee their fathers? 26. What happened to Israel?

27. Where did they go? 27. What did he appoint (set) for Judah? (v. 11)

28. What did they do there? 28. When would this happen?

29. What would happen to Ephraim’s glory? (v. 11)

CHAPTER 7
30. What would not be left? (v. 12)
1. What was discovered when the Lord would have healed Israel?
31. What was Ephraim like? (v. 13) (v. 1)

32. Where would Ephraim lead his children? 2. What did they do?

33. What would the Lord give them? (v. 14) 3. What did the thief do?

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4. What did the robbers do? CHAPTER 9

5. How did they make the king glad? (v. 2) 1. What was Israel not to do? (v. 1)

6. How did they make the princes glad? 2. Why?

7. What are they all called? (v. 3) 3. What would not feed them? (v. 2)

8. What are they like? 4. What would fail them?

9. What happened on “the day of our king?” (v. 5) 5. Where would they not remain? (v. 3)

10. Who did he stretch out his hand with? 6. Where would Ephraim return?

11. What was their hearts like? (v. 6) 7. What would they eat?

12. What happened in the morning? 8. What would they not give to the Lord? (v. 4)

13. What are they all hot like? (v. 7) 9. What would not please the Lord?

14. Who did they devour? 10. What would their sacrifices be like?

15. What happened to their kings? 11. What would happen to those who eat the bread?

16. Who called upon him? 12. Who would gather them? (v. 6)

17. Who did Ephraim mix with? (v. 8) 13. Who would bury them?

18. What kind of cake is Ephraim like? 14. What will possess their precious things?

19. Who devoured his strength? (v. 9) 15. What will be in their tents?

20. What did he not know was on him? 16. What days have come to them? (v. 7)

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37. What would God with them? (v. 10) 21. What testified to his face? (v. 10)

38. Why would the sorrow (writhe)? 22. Where did they not return?

39. What did Ephraim have many of? (v. 11) 23. What is Ephraim like? (v. 11)

40. What did these things become for Ephraim? 24. Who did they call?

42. What had God written for them? (v. 12) 25. Where did they go?

43. How was it regarded? 26. What would the Lord do when they go? (v. 12)

44. What did the do with the sacrifices? (v. 13) a.

45. Did the Lord accept their sacrifices? b.

46. What would God remember? c.

47. What would God punish? 27. Why did he pronounce a woe upon them? (v. 13)

48. Where would they return? a.

49. Who had Israel forgotten? (v. 14) b.

50. What had they built? c.

51. What did Judah multiply? 28. From what had they not cried? (v. 14)

52. What would God send upon their cities? 29. Where did they cry from?

53. What would it devour? 30. For what did they assemble themselves?

31. What had God done to their arms? (v. 15)

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32. What do they do?
11. What did they make with their silver and gold?
33. To whom did they not return? (v. 16)
12. What were they made for?
34. What are they like?
13. What did God reject? (v. 5)
35. How would their princes fall?
14. What burns against them?
36. Why?
15. Where did the one come from who made the idol? (v. 6)

16. What was the idol not?

CHAPTER 8
17. What will be broken into pieces?
1. What were they to set to their lips? (v. 1)
18. What did the sow? (v. 7)
2. What was over (against) the house of the Lord?
19. What would they reap?
3. What had they transgressed?
20. What did they not have?
4. What had they rebelled against?
30. What did it not yield?
5. To whom did the cry? (v. 2)
31. What would happen if it did produce?
6. What would they say?
32. Who is swallowed up? (v. 8)
7. What did Israel spurn? (v. 3)
33. What would they be like among the other nations?
8. Who would pursue Israel?
34. Where did they go? (v. 9)
9. What did they set up? (v. 4)
35. How did they go?
10. Who did they not do it through?
36. What had Ephraim done?

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