Hosea Chapter 1

Hosea's Marriage

Old Testament Unknown Verses Hosea

Chapter Summary

God commands Hosea to marry an unfaithful woman as a symbol

Key Verses

Hosea 1:2 Hosea 1:6 Hosea 1:10

Scripture Content

When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, 'Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.' Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered.

Themes & Topics

Symbolic Marriage Unfaithfulness God's Love Promise