Hosea

Role: prophet · First appears: Hosea 1

Hosea, a prophet, is identified as the son of Beeri. In Hosea 1, God commanded him to marry a promiscuous woman and have children of promiscuity: “Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms.” Hosea obeyed, taking Gomer as his wife; she bore Jezreel, Loruhamah, and Loammi, whom Hosea was told to name.

In Hosea 3, God commanded Hosea to love an adulterous woman. Hosea bought woman for fifteen pieces of silver and barley, then required her to remain faithful and exclusive to him, saying, “Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.”

Relationship record

Life events

• God commanded Hosea to marry a promiscuous woman and have children of promiscuity.(Hosea 1)
  • With: God
  • “And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.”
• Hosea took Gomer as wife, and she gave birth to a son.(Hosea 1)
  • With: Gomer Jezreel
  • “So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.”
• God commands Hosea to love an adulterous woman.(Hosea 3)
  • With: God
  • “Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.”
• Hosea buys the woman for silver and barley.(Hosea 3)
  • With: woman
  • “So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:”
• Hosea requires the woman to remain faithful and exclusive to him.(Hosea 3)
  • With: woman
  • “And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.”

Hosea 1

• parent: Beeri (Beeri is identified as Hosea's father.) “The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.”
• commander: God “And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.”
• married with Gomer “The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD. So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.”
• child: Jezreel “So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.”
• child: Loruhamah “And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.”
• child: Loammi “Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Prophets. Made with Rho MD.