Read Hosea Chapter 1
1. What does the name “Hosea” mean? Why is that significant?
2. What do you learn of Hosea in each of the following passages?
Hosea 1:1
Hosea 1:3
Matthew 2:15
Romans 9:25
3. What did the LORD tell Hosea to do according to Hosea 1:2? Why? Why might this have been hard for Hosea?
4. Who did Hosea marry?
5. What does God tell Hosea to name his son in Hosea 1:4? Why?
6. What does God promise Israel in Hosea 1:4-5?
7. What does the LORD tell Hosea to name his daughter in Hosea 1:6? What does the name mean? Why does God ask this of Hosea?
8. What does God promise to Judah (Southern Kingdom) in Hosea 1:7?
9. What does the tell Hosea to name the second son born to Gomer in Hosea 1:9? What does the name mean? Why does God want this name?
10. What prophecy does God speak through Hosea in Hosea 1:10-11?
11. What promises does God make to His people in the following verses?
Genesis 22:17
Exodus 6:7
Isaiah 35:4
Romans 9:20-28
12. What application can be made to your life from this first chapter of Hosea?
