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GENERAL PREFACE
AUTHOR’S PREFACE
ABBREVIATIONS
Bible versions
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Commentaries on Hosea
Other works
INTRODUCTION
1. Context
2. Hosea and the Old Testament
3. Unity, composition, structure
4. Text and literary features
5. Theology and message
ANALYSIS
COMMENTARY
1. HOSEA’S MARRIAGE: ISRAEL AS YAHWEH’S UNFAITHFUL WIFE (1:1 – 3:5)
A. Superscript (1:1)
B. Hosea’s call and marriage; naming of children as symbols of judgment (1:2–9)
C. Restoration: reversal of judgment (1:10 – 2:1) [mt 2:1–3]
D. Judgment on an unfaithful wife (2:2–13) [mt 2:4–15]
E. Restoration and reconciliation; a new beginning (2:14–23) [mt 2:16–25]
F. Hosea’s love and Yahweh’s love (3:1–5)
2. ORACLES RELATING TO SINFUL ISRAEL (4:1 – 11:11)
A. Yahweh’s case against the people (4:1 – 5:7)
B. Divine wrath on Israel and Judah (5:8–15)
C. Failure to repent (6:1 – 7:2)
D. Internal and international politics (7:3–16)
E. False confidence and impending judgment (8:1 – 9:9)
F. Unfulfilled promise (9:10 – 10:15)
G. Divine commitment to a beloved but ungrateful child (11:1–11)
3. PAST INGRATITUDE AND FUTURE HOPE (11:12 – 14:9)
A. Yahweh’s case against the people (11:12 – 12:14) [mt 12:1–15]
B. Ephraim’s exaltation, sin and judgment (13:1–16)
C. Call to return to Yahweh; healing and restoration (14:1–9)
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