Quotes about Hosea
Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
— Hosea 4:1
Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
— Hosea 8:8
So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
— Hosea 1:3
Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
— Hosea 2:2
Though I wrote for them the great things of My law, they regarded them as something strange.
— Hosea 8:12
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
— Hosea 3:2
Calling God "Father" (Abba) is not unique to Jesus,15 and neither is it a revelation of a religious profundity that Judaism had not yet comprehended (what can be more intimate than Hosea 1—2 or 11:1—4?). Instead of its being unique, "Father" is characteristic of Jesus but would not have been at all offensive in Judaism.
— Scot McKnight
For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.
— Hosea 2:8
And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
— Hosea 1:5
the LORD is the God of Hosts—the LORD is His name of renown.
— Hosea 12:5
Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully. The paths of the LORD are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. HOSEA 14:9 NLT
— Joyce Meyer
I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.
— Hosea 2:4