Scofield Reference Bible Notes
of 1917
By C. I. Scofield
Hosea
Hosea was a contemporary of Amos
in Israel, and of Isaiah and Micah in Judah, and his ministry continued after
the first, or Assyrian, captivity of the northern kingdom 2 Kings 15:29.
His style is abrupt, metaphorical, and figurative.
Israel is Jehovah's adulterous wife,
repudiated, but ultimately to be purified and restored. This is Hosea's distinctive
message, which may be summed up in his two words, Lo-ammi, "not my people,"
and Ammi, "my people." Israel is not merely apostate and sinful--that
is said also; but her sin takes its character from the exalted relationship
into which she has been brought.
The book is in three parts:
1. The dishonoured wife, 1:1-3:5.
2. The sinful people, 4:1-13:8.
3. The ultimate blessing and glory of Israel, 13:9-14:9.
The events recorded in Hosea cover
a period of 60 years (Ussher)
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