Prophet to the northern kingdom · Eighth century BC
Hosea in the Bible
Hosea is told to marry a wife who will be unfaithful, and to take her back when she is. The marriage is the message: Israel's idolatry read as adultery, and God's refusal to let go read as a husband buying back his own wife.
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Verses mentioning Hosea
3 occurrences across 2 verses in the King James Version.
- Hosea 1:1
The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Read in context - Hosea 1:2
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
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