Read Hosea Chapter 8
1. What does God tell Hosea to do in Hosea 8:1? Why?
2. What were the reasons and occasions for blowing the trumpet in Numbers 10:8-10?
3. What does Ezekiel 33:1-11 teach about those who fail to heed the warning of the trumpet?
4. What does God say Israel will cry out to Him in Hosea 8:2?
5. What does God say of their kings in Hosea 8:4? Their princes?
6. What is the pagan calf of Samaria? (Hint: See 1 Kings 12:25-31)
7. What does God say about the calf in Hosea 8:5-6?
8. Copy of Hosea 8:7 here. Meditate on this. Record your thoughts and impressions.
9. What do the following verses teach about sowing and reaping?
Proverbs 22:8
Jeremiah 17:10
Galatians 6:7-9
Revelation 20:12
10. For what is God judging Israel according to Hosea 8:8-14?
Read Deuteronomy 28:58-68
1. What does God require of His people according to Deuteronomy 28:58?
2. What is the punishment for failing to do what God requires according to this passage?
3. How does this passage in Deuteronomy relate to what Hosea is prophesying?
Read 2 Kings 17:1-6; 22-23
1. What has happened according to 2 Kings 17:1-6?
2. What happened to Israel according to 2 Kings 17:22-23?
3. How does this relate to what Hosea has been prophesying?
