Outline 1. Adulterous Wife and Faithful Husband ( 1:1–3:5 ) a. Hosea’s Wife and Children ( 1:1–11 ) b. The Adulterous Wife ( 2:1–23 ) i. Israel’s Adultery Rebuked ( 2:1–13 ) ii. God’s Mercy to Israel ( 2:14–23 ) c. Hosea Redeems His Wife ( 3:1–5 ) 2. Adulterous Nation and Faithful God ( 4:1–14:9 ) a. The Adulterous Nation ( 4:1–10:15 ) i. God’s Case against His People ( 4:1–19 ) ii. Judgment on Israel and Judah ( 5:1–15 ) iii. The Unrepentance of Israel and Judah ( 6:1–11 ) iv. Ephraim’s Iniquity ( 7:1–16 ) v. Israel Will Reap the Whirlwind ( 8:1–14 ) vi. Israel’s Punishment ( 9:1–17 ) vii. Retribution for Israel’s Sin ( 10:1–15 ) b. The Faithful God ( 11:1–14:9 ) i. Out of Egypt I Called My Son ( 11:1–7 ) ii. God’s Love for Israel ( 11:8–12 ) iii. A Reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob ( 12:1–14 ) iv. God’s Anger against Israel ( 13:1–8 ) v. Death and Resurrection ( 13:9–14 ) vi. Judgment on Samaria ( 13:15–16 ) vii. A Call to Repentance ( 14:1–3 ) viii. A Promise of God’s Blessing ( 14:4–9 ) |