Overview of the Minor Prophets: Hosea

The book of Hosea is a true story about two faithful husbands (Hosea and God) and two unfaithful wives (Hosea’s wife, Gomer, and the nation of Israel). Chapter 1 records God’s command to Hosea to marry a whore—a woman who let many men use her body sinfully, sexually, and for their pleasure. Hosea did so, and the two had three children. Gomer then ran away and sold herself to another man. Chapter 3 records God’s command to Hosea to find her, redeem her (Hosea had to pay another man money to...