Minor Prophets:
Hosea

What a beautiful book is given to us by the Prophet Hosea.  In the span of fourteen chapters, Hosea paints a picture of God as the relentless lover, using the living object lesson of the prophet's own marriage and children.

Left: A medieval painting of Hosea.

 

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Memorable Passages

Overviews and Outlines

An Introduction to the Book of Hosea

An outline-style introduction to the book by David Malick.

The Grace Institute: Hosea

A well-rounded overview from a Eugene Oregon church.

An Argument of the Book of Hosea

David Malick's rhetorical outline.

The Book of Hosea

An introduction from Quartz Hill School of Theology.

Walking Through the Bible: Hosea

A thumbnail view of the book from a Church of Christ minister.

Books of the Bible: Hosea

Another brief overview, this one from Luther Seminary.

About Bible Prophecy: Hosea

A list and discussion of the prophecies and their fulfillments.  Created by a team of Catholics and Wisconsin-Synod Lutherans.

Biblenotes: Hosea

A very thin bit of introduction.

Bible Basics: Hosea

A quick introduction, including a sound file that pronounces the name.  But they pronounce it with a long E, while I've always said Hoz-Ay-ah.

An Overlooked Study

A good introductory essay by Chuck Missler.

Hosea: Al Maxey

A few pages of background material.

Book of Hosea

Another quick introduction.  They know how to pronounce the book's name!

Easton Bible Dictionary: Hosea

The text from the 1897 version of this classic reference.

Hosea Bible Study

A lengthy introduction from the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.

Hosea--Introduction

A lengthy introduction to the book prepared for the New American Bible web site by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Hosea: Catholic Encyclopedia

Here's the considerable information provided in the 1914 edition of the Catholic Encyclopedia.

Columbia Encyclopedia: Hosea

A brief article from the 2001 edition of this reference work.

Jewish Encyclopedia

An article from the 1901-06 reference work.  Generally liberal in its critical presuppositions.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

The article from 19th century reference work.

Hosea: Jewish Education Workshop

A brief introduction from a Jewish perspective.

Bible Studies: Whole Book

Study on Hosea

A thorough study by J. Hampton Keathley IV.

Hosea Study

A seventeen-lesson study by Joe Temple.

Hosea--God's Redeeming Love

This is the first page in four of "executable outlines" for Hosea.

An Overlooked Study: Hosea

A study by Chuck Missler.

Life-Study of Hosea

This is the first section of nine by Witness Lee.  It seems to be a useful study of the book.

Hosea Course

A thirty-seven-lesson course by Mark Perkins of Denver Bible Church.

The Marriage, Divorce, and Restoration

A study from The Grace Institute.

Love the Lord Bible Studies: Hosea

A fourteen-lesson study with questions from an Arkansas-based ministry.  They seem orthodox enough, although the statement of faith makes me wonder if they're not into prosperity gospel teachings.

John Brown on Hosea

A four-part study by this Calvary Chapel pastor.

Matthew Henry: Hosea

The chapter-by-chapter commentary of the Puritan divine.

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The commentary of the 17th century Baptist theologian.

John Calvin: Hosea

Calvin's lengthy commentary from CCEL.

Jamieson, Fausset, Brown Commentary--Hosea

The classic commentary on the entire Bible.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes--Hosea

The chapter-by-chapter notes of the founder of Methodism.

The Geneva Study Bible--HoseaJ.G. Bellett: Hosea

The text of the 1599 Geneva Bible along with its study notes.

J.G. Bellett: Hosea

A brief study by the 19th century preacher.

Hosea: The Great Reversal of the Great I-AM

A study essay by John McKenna

Amos and Hosea: Old Testament Life and Literature

A chapter from Gerald A. Larue's 1968 book, hosted by an atheist web-site.

The Book of Hosea

This is a lengthy study from King's Chapel.  Be aware that this writer is associated with some fairly unorthodox figures. I haven't reviewed these pages and will not vouch for his theology.

Jewish Bible (JPS 1917)

Three versions of the text in Hebrew.

Hosea and Amos: Prophets to the North

A study from MyJewishLearning.com by Anne-Marie Belinfante.

Bible Studies: Part of Book

Exegesis of Hosea 1:1-5

A conference paper prepared by James J. Westendorf.

Dueling Prophets (Hosea 1:4)

This is a page from "A Witness," a guy who has supposedly been abducted by UFOs but thinks it unwise to post his name online.  I guess he doesn't want the aliens Googling him.  He's pretty skeptical of the Bible, but he asks some questions that skeptics tend to ask.

The Prophet Hosea: An Early Bible Critic (Hosea 6-7)

Another wonderful missive from "A Witness."  Read with a thick skin.

'I Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice'

A 2001 conference paper by Paul E. Eickmann.

Marsh Commentary: Hosea 8

Inexplicably, they provide only a few notes for chapter eight.

Laying Arrogance Aside (Hosea 8:14)

A single sermon by Ken Gehrels.

The Dark Side of God (Hosea 11)

A Word and World article by Richard Nysse.

Enveloped by God (Hosea 14:4-8)

An article by James T. Dennison, Jr. from Kerux: the Online Journal of Biblical Theology.

The Wonderful Tree (Hosea 14:8)

An article by Geerhardus Vos from Kerux: the Online Journal of Biblical Theology.

Hosea's Method of BIblical Criticism

Yet one more article from "A Witness."

Images of Hosea

This has links to eleven images relevant to Hosea.

Sermons

Hosea: The Prophet and the Prostitute

A sermon from Ray Stedman's "Adventuring through the Bible" series.

The Faithfulness of God

A sermon overview of the book by Ken Gehrels.

John Piper: Call Me Husband, Not Baal.

An overview sermon from 1982 by John Piper.

Spurgeon's Sermons

The relevant sermons preached by C.H. Spurgeon.  Only some of the listed sermons have links to the actual sermon text.

Don Fortner

Five sermons focusing on God's Grace.

Unbroken Love: Doug Goins

Scroll down this page about a third of the way to find this fourteen-message series covering all fourteen chapters of Hosea.

A Textual Index of Puritan and Reformed Sermons: Hosea

This doesn't have any links to actual texts, but does give listings of sermons keyed to various texts.

Jonathan Edwards

Links to two Edwards sermons (on Hosea 2:15 and 5:15) are found here as well as ten Spurgeon sermons, all of which are also available at the above CHS link.

Peter J. Blackburn

A single sermon on Hosea 11:1-11.

Robert S. Rayburn

A thirteen-sermon series by this Presbyterian pastor and scholar.

Jim Savastio

This thirteen-sermon series is only available in audio formats.

Steve Brown

Another audio-only series, nine in number.

Trinity Fellowship Church

Continuing the audio-only hit parade, this series weighs in with eleven sermons.

Bringing Out the Rototillers: Hosea and the Fallow Ground

This is a rather protracted devotion/brief sermon by Robert Figueroa.

Max Forsythe

Sermons from a series on the minor prophets.  Look for the appropriate sermon(s) on this page, which contains all twelve.  At present there are no entries for Hosea, but they should be coming eventually.

Books and Bibliographies

Word Biblical Commentary on Hosea-Jonah

Volume 31 in the highly regarded Word Commentary series.  Written by Douglas Stuart.

Duane Garrett's Hosea-Joel commentary

A solid commentary from the New American Commentary series.

Hosea: A Bibliography

A list of sources from Cumberland College.

Denver Seminary Bibliography

This will take you to the top of the "Commentary" section.  You'll need to scroll down to find the relevant section.

Annotated Bibliography on Hosea

A thirty-five-page list of sources by Thomas F. McDaniel of Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

A Form-Critical Rereading of Hosea

A journal article by Claremont's Marvin A. Sweeney, originally published in the Journal of Hebrew Scriptures.

Isagogical Study of the Book of Hosea

This is a conference paper, 11 pages in length, prepared by Paul R. Hanke.

What Should I Read on Hosea

An article by James T. Dennison, Jr. from Kerux: the Online Journal of Biblical Theology.