Hosea 1 Scofield
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1:1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
“days”
i.e. of the 1260,1290, and 1335 days.
1:9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
“my people”
"My people" is an expression used in the O.T. exclusively of Israel the nation. It is never used of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Matt 2:6.
1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
“Israel”
"Israel" in Hosea means the ten tribes forming the northern kingdom as distinguished from "Judah" (the tribes of Judah and Benjamin) forming the southern kingdom which adhered to the Davidic family. (See) 1 Kgs 12:1–21. The promise of Hos 1:10 awaits fulfilment. See "Israel"; Gen 12:2; Gen 12:3; Rom 11:26.
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Introduction to 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 Kgs 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, Hos 1:1 to Hos 3:5.
2. The sinful people, Hos 4:1 to Hos 13:8.
3. The ultimate blessing and glory of Israel, Hos 13:9 to Hos 14:9.
The events recorded in Hosea cover a period of 60 years (Ussher)