Old Testament · Minor Prophets
Hosea
Hosea is told to marry a wife who will be unfaithful, and his marriage becomes the sermon. Israel's idolatry is exposed as covenant betrayal, and God's love is shown to be relentless.
- Authorship
- Attributed to Hosea son of Beeri.
- Historical setting
- The northern kingdom before its fall to Assyria.
- Key themes
- Covenant unfaithfulness · Steadfast love · Knowing God · Return
- Where it sits in the story
- The first of the Twelve, setting the tone for the whole collection.
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