Hosea 1 Critical Notes Hosea 1:1 The First Communication Hosea 1:2 The Symbolic Language Hosea 1:3-9 The Three Judgments Hosea 1:6-7 Judgment and Mercy Hosea 1:8-9 A Cast Off People Hosea 1:10-11 The Good Time Coming Hosea 1 Illustrations to Chapter 1
Hosea 2 Critical Notes Hosea 2:1-5 Filial Expostulation Hosea 2:6-7 The Unsuccessful Pursuit Hosea 2:5-7 The Backslider's Way Hedged Up Hosea 2:8,9 God Dishonored in His Gifts to Men Hosea 2:10 The Exposure of Folly Hosea 2:11 Mirth Turned into Mourning Hosea 2:12, 13 Prosperity Turned into Adversity Hosea 2:14-16 Restoration to God Hosea 2:17-20 The Good Time Coming Hosea 2:21-23 The Universe Governed in the Interests of Humanity Hosea 2 Illustrations to Chapter 2
Hosea 3 Critical Notes Hosea 3:1-5 The Wondrous Love Hosea 3 Fear the Lord and His Goodness Hosea 3 Illustrations to Chapter 3
Hosea 4 Critical Notes
Hosea 4:1-5 God's Controversy with a Guilty People Hosea 4:3-5 A Terrible Deprivation Hosea 4:6 Ignorance of God: A Warning to the People & the Priests Hosea 4:7-9 The Danger of Worldly Prosperity Hosea 4:10-14 Sinful Indulgence Hosea 4:15-17 The Doom of Some a Warning to Others Hosea 4:18,19 The Bitterness and the Punishment of Sin
Hosea 4 Illustrations to Chapter 4
Hosea 5 Critical Notes
Hosea 5:1-3 National Sins and Divine Detection Hosea 5:4 The Power of Evil Habits Hosea 5:5-7 God Testifying Against Man Hosea 5:8-11 An Earnest Ministry the Want of the Times Hosea 5:12 Destruction Slow and Sure Hosea 5:13 National Sickness and Spurious Remedies Hosea 5:14,15 Destruction Open and Violent
Hosea 5 Illustrations to Chapter 5
Hosea 6 Critical Notes
Hosea 6:1-3 National Amendment Hosea 6:1 Man's Highest Social Action Hosea 6:4,5 Justice or Mercy? Hosea 6:6 Mercy Not Sacrifice Hosea 6:7 Covenant Breakers Hosea 6:8-11 A Sad Transformation
Hosea 6 Illustrations to Chapter 6
Hosea 7 Critical Notes
Hosea 7:1 A Sad Discovery Hosea 7:2 Encircled in Sin Hosea 7:4-7 Sin a Furnace of Fire Hosea 7:8, 9 The Church Endangered and Injured by Worldly Association Hosea 7:11-13 The Silliness of the Sinner Hosea 7:12 The Fowler of Retribution Hosea 7:13 Man's Weal and Woe Hosea 7:14 The Howling of Distress Hosea 7:15, 16 The Ungrateful Return
Hosea 7 Illustrations to Chapter 7
Hosea 8 Critical Notes Hosea 8:1 A Corrupt Church Hosea 8:2 Vain Religion Hosea 8:3-5 Forsaking Good and Pursuing Evil the Surest Way to Ruin! Hosea 8:5,6 Idolatry: Its Origin, Effects and Destiny Hosea 8:7,8 A Picture of Ungodly Life Hosea 8:9, 10 The Folly of Worldly Alliance Hosea 8:11-13 Aggravated Guilt Hosea 8:11-12 Perversion of Worship Hosea 8:14 Castles of False Security
Hosea 8 Illustrations to Chapter 8
Hosea 9 Critical Notes
Hosea 9:1-4 The Sinner's Life a Joyless Life Hosea 9:5 The Solemn Days of Life Hosea 9:6, 7 A Sad Picture Hosea 9:7-9 Days of Visitation Hosea 9:10 Honoured and Dishonoured Hosea 9:10 Separated Unto Shame Hosea 9:11-14 The Glory and Grief of a People Hosea 9:15-17 Great Wickedness and Great Punishment
Hosea 9 Illustrations to Chapter 9
Hosea 10 Critical Notes
Hosea 10:1-4 The Abuse of Outward Prosperity Hosea 10:4 Perjury Joined to Hypocrisy Hosea 10:5-8 The Vanity of Earthly Glory Hosea 10:9 Death Sometimes Preferable to Life Hosea 10:9,10 Imitating the Sins and Suffering the Punishment of Others Hosea 10:11 Seeking to Enjoy the Comforts and Refusing the Duties of Religion Hosea 10:12, 13 The Call to Reformation of Life Hosea 10:14, 15 The Evil of Evils
Hosea 10 Illustrations to Chapter 10
Hosea 11 Critical Notes
Hosea 11:1-4 God's Paternal Care and Man's Ungrateful Return Hosea 11:5,6 The Short-Sighted Policy of Sinners Hosea 11:7 Bent on Backsliding Hosea 11:8, 9 Divine Justice and Divine Mercy in Apparent Conflict for the Sinner Hosea 11:10, 11 The Penitent's Return to God Hosea 11:12 The True and the False Worshippers Hosea 11 Illustrations to Chapter 11
Hosea 12 Critical Notes
Hosea 12:1 Feeding Upon the Wind! Hosea 12:3, 4 Imitating Examples of Progenitors Hosea 12:5 The Memorial Name Hosea 12:6 True Conversion to God Hosea 12:7-9 Prosperity Unlawfully Gained and Abused Will Be Taken Away by God Hosea 12:10 God's Method of Teaching the People Hosea 12:11-14 Sins Reproved by the Virtues of Progenitors and Punished by the Providence of God
Hosea 12 Illustrations to Chapter 12
Hosea 13 Critical Notes
Hosea 13:1-3 Self-Estimation the Measure of Religious Influence Hosea 13:4 God the Only Saviour Hosea 13:4 No Saviour Beside God Hosea 13:5 Help in the Exigencies of Life Hosea 13:5-8 Divine Goodness Turned Into Divine Wrath Hosea 13:9 Moral Suicide and Divine Help Hosea 13:10, 11 God the Only King Hosea 13:12, 13 Iniquity Reserved for Future Punishment Hosea 13:14 The Great Conquest Hosea 13:15, 16 Earthly Fountains of Enjoyments Fail
Hosea 13 Illustrations to Chapter 13
Hosea 14 Critical Notes
Hosea 14:1-3 Real Conversion to God Described Hosea 14:4 Health and Divine Favor Hosea 14:4 Grace Abounding Hosea 14:5-7 Reviving Grace Hosea 14:8 God in Relation to a Converted People Hosea 14:9 The Ways of God and the Destinies of Man
Hosea 14 Illustrations to Chapter 14