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9. Apply the following phrases to the
present day:
“Like people, like priest” (4:9).
“I delight in loyalty rather than sacri ce”
(6:6).
“They sow the wind, and they reap the
whirlwind” (8:7).
“The days of punishment have come” (9:7).
“It is time to seek the LORD” (10:12).
10. Is man’s responsibility proportional to
the light which God gives him? Read Hosea
12:10; Romans 1:19-23; Luke 12:47-48.
11. Is the security of a nation ultimately
dependent on military might? See 14:3a. On
the phrase, “We will not ride upon horses,”
compare Isaiah 30:16; 31:1.
12. What does Hosea 14 prophesy about
the future of Israel? Read Romans 11 to
learn what Paul taught about Israel as a


nation. Was there a remnant of believing
Jews in Paul’s day (Rom 11:5)? How far into
the future was Paul looking when he wrote
11:25-26?
IV. SELECTED READING
GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Archer, Gleason L. A Survey of Old Testament
Introduction, pp. 308-11.
Ellison, H. L. The Prophets of Israel, pp. 95110.

Freeman, Hobart E. An Introduction to the Old
Testament Prophets, pp. 172-83.
Schmoller, Otto. “Hosea.” In Lange’s
Commentary on the Holy Scriptures, pp. 120.
Schultz, Samuel J. The Prophets Speak.
COMMENTARIES

Cheyne, T. K. The Book of Hosea.


Gaebelein, Frank E. Four Minor Prophets.
Morgan, G. Campbell, Hosea.
Pfeiffer, Charles F. “Hosea.” In The Wycliffe
Bible Commentary.
1. There is a Jewish tradition that Jonah’s
mother was the widow of the town of Zarephath
and that Elijah raised Jonah from the dead (1
Kings 17:8-24).
2. Read the Pharisees’ statement of John 7:52
about prophets coming out of Galilee. Were the
Pharisees correct?
3. H. L. Ellison, “I and II Kings,” in The New
Bible Commentary, p. 325.
4. In the Hebrew Bible, 1 and 2 Kings are
classi ed among the Former Prophets, and John
among the Latter Prophets.
5. Acts 10-11 and Romans 9-11 show the
application of this New testament times, when
the early Jewish Chirtiens hesitated accepting

Gentile belivers into their fellowship.
6. Cornili, quoted by George Adam Smith, The
Book of the Twelve Prophets, 1:71.
7. The Amos of Luke 3:25 and Amoz of 2
Kings 20:1 are different persons.
8. Pastoral scenes abound in the book at these
and other places: 1:2; 2:13; 3:4-5; 4:7; 6:12; 7:1;
8:1; 9:6. When God inspired men to write the
Scriptures, He did not set aside such things as
their personality and home background.
9.
James
Robertson,
“Amos,” in The
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 1:121.
10. At some places (e.g., 3:1) in this long
section, Amos is speaking about both kingdoms
—Israel and Judah. For the most part, however,
his message concerns Israel, with its capital at
Bethel.
11. Arnold Schultz, “Amos,” in The Wycli e
Bible Commentary, p. 834.
12. J. Sidlow Baxter, Explore the Book, 4:89.
13. Only Jeroboam’s name is mentioned in