Hosea

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1. Hosea Takes Gomer as Wife to Show Israel's Unfaithfulness
1. Hosea, to show God's judgment for spiritual unfaithfulness, takes Gomer,
4. and has by her Jezreel;
6. Loruhamah;
8. and Lo-Ammi.
10. The restoration of Judah and Israel under one head.
2. Israel's Unfaithfulness Condemned; Reconciliation Promised
1. The idolatry of the people.
6. God's judgments against them.
14. His promises of reconciliation with them.
3. Hosea Redeems His Wife to Show the Lord's Reconciliation to Israel
1. The Lord's intended future kindness to Israel, not withstanding their wickedness,
2. illustrated by the emblem of Hosea's conduct toward his adulterous wife.
4. The desolation of Israel before their restoration.
4. God Pronounces Judgments for Israel's Sins
1. God denounces judgments on Israel, for their aggravated impieties and iniquities.
12. He exposes the ignorance and wickedness of the priests,
13. and moral dissolution of the people,
14. he will leave their wives and daughters to commit lewdness, without present punishment.
15. He warns Judah, not to imitate Israel's crimes, which are still further reproved.
5. Judgments against the Priests, People, and Princes for Their Manifold Sins
1. The judgments of God are denounced against the priests, people, and princes,
9. both of Israel and Judah, for their manifold sins.
15. An intimation is given of mercy on their repentance.
6. Exhortations to Repent; Israel's Refusal
1. Exhortations to repent and hope in God.
4. A lamentation over those who had sinned after conviction.
5. Reproofs of obstinate sinners, and threats against them.
7. Ephraim's Iniquity
1. A reproof of manifold sins.
11. God's wrath against them for their hypocrisy.
8. Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind
1. Destruction is threatened both to Israel and Judah for their impiety and idolatry.
9. The Distress and Captivity of Israel for Their Sins
1. The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins.
10. Retribution for Israel's Sin; Exhortation to Repentance
1. Israel is reproved and threatened for their impiety and idolatry,
12. and exhorted to repentance.
11. The Ingratitude of Israel; God's Mercy; Israel's Sin and Judah's Infidelity
1. The ingratitude of Israel unto God for his benefits.
5. His judgment.
8. God's mercy toward them.
12. Israel's falsehood and Judah's fidelity.
12. Ephraim's Sins Provoke God
1. A reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob.
3. By former favors he exhorts to repentance.
7. Ephraim's sins provoke God.
13. Ephraim's Idolatry; God's Anger and Judgment
1. Ephraim's glory vanishes.
4. God's anger.
9. God's mercy.
15. The judgment of Samaria.
14. Exhortation to Repentance and Promise of God's Blessing
1. An exhortation to repentance.
4. A promise of God's blessing.

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