[1]The family of Hosea (Hos 1:1-9)
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| P(1:1-3a) | 1:2 Go, take a harlot wife and harlot's children (1:2) |
| | A(1:3b-7) | | 1:4 Give him the name Jezreel (1:4) |
| | | B(1:8-9) | | | 1:9 Give him the name Lo-ammi (1:9) |
| | | B'(2:1) | | | 2:1 Whereas they were called, "Lo-ammi," They shall be called, "Children of the living God." (2:1) |
| | A'(2:2-3) | | 2:2 They shall appoint for themselves one head and come up from other lands, for great shall be the day of Jezreel (2:2) |
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A: Jezreel. B: Lo-ammi. |
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[2]Betrayal of Israel (Hos 2:3-15)
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| | A(2:4-6) | | 2:4 Protest against your mother, protest! (2:4) |
| | | B(2:7) | | | 2:7 I will go after my lovers (2:7) |
| | | | C(2:8) | | | | 2:8 she cannot find her paths(2:8) |
| | | B'(2:9-10) | | | 2:9 I will go back to my first husband (2:9) |
| | A'(2:11-15) | | 2:15 I will punish her (2:15) |
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A: Punishments. B: Words of her. C: She cannot find her paths. |
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[3]Salvation of Israel (Hos 2:16-25)
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| | A(2:16-17) | | 2:17 She shall respond there as in the days of her youth(2:17) |
| | | B(2:18-19) | | | 2:18 On that day, says the LORD, She shall call me "My husband," and never again "My baal."(2:18) |
| | A'(2:20-22) | | 2:22 I will espouse you in fidelity (2:22) |
| | | B'(2:23-25) | | | 2:25 I will sow him for myself in the land, and I will have pity on Lo-ruhama. I will say to Lo-ammi, "You are my people," (2:25) |
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A: Reconciliation. B: Renamed. |
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A: Words. B: Reconciliation. |
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[5]The idolatry of Israel (Hos 4:1-5:7)
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| | A(4:1-8) | | | "Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel(4:1)" | (שׁמעו) |
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| | | B(4:9-14) | | | | 4:10 they shall play the harlot but not increase (4:10) | (הזנו) |
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| | | | C(4:15) | | | | let not Judah become guilty(4:15) |
| | | B'(4:16-19) | | | | they give themselves to harlotry(4:18) | (הזנה) |
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| | A'(5:1-7) | | | "Hear this, O priests, Pay attention, O house of Israel(5:1)" | (שׁמעו) |
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A: To listen. B: Harlotry. C: Let not Judah become guilty. |
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[6]Sin and punishment of war (Hos 5:8-6:11)
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| | A(5:8-11) | | | "5:11 Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment (5:11)" | (משׁפט) |
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| | | B(5:12-14) | | | 5:13 Ephraim went to Assyria, and sent to the great king (5:13) |
| | | | C(5:15-6:3) | | | | | "6:1 Come, let us return to the LORD (6:1)" | (ונשׁובה) |
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| | A'(6:4-6) | | | 6:5 my judgment goes forth as the light (6:5) | (ומשׁפטיך) |
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| | | B'(6:7-10) | | | 6:7 at Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me (6:7) |
| | | | C'(6:11) | | | | | 6:11 I would restore the fortunes of my people (6:11) | (בשׁובי) |
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A: Judgement. B: Betrayal. C: To return. |
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[7]Futile reliance on the nations (Hos 7:1-12)
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| | A(7:1-2) | | 7:1 when I would heal Israel, The guilt of Ephraim stands out, the wickedness of Samaria; (7:1) |
| | | B(7:3-9) | | | Parable of the ovens |
| | A'(7:10-12) | | 7:10 The arrogance of Israel bears witness against him; (7:10) |
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A: Sins of Israel. B: Parable of the ovens. |
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[8]Israel's apostasy (Hos 7:13-8:14)
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| | A(7:13-16) | | 7:16 they shall be mocked in the land of Egypt (7:16) |
| | | B(8:1-3) | | | 8:3 The men of Israel have thrown away what is good; the enemy shall pursue them. (8:3) |
| | | | C(8:4-6) | | | | 8:5 Cast away your calf, O Samaria (8:5) |
| | | B'(8:7-10) | | | 8:9 They went up to Assyria Ephraim bargained for lovers. (8:9) |
| | A'(8:11-14) | | 8:13 they shall return to Egypt (8:13) |
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A: Egypt. B: Betrayal. C: Idol. |
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[9]Sin at Baal-peor and Gilgal (Hos 9:1-17)
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| | A(9:1-5) | | 9:3 They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and in Assyria they shall eat unclean food. (9:3) |
| | | B(9:6-9) | | | 9:6 When they go from the ruins, Egypt shall gather them in, Memphis shall bury them. Weeds shall overgrow their silver treasures, and thorns invade their tents. (9:6) |
| | | | C(9:10) | | | | 9:10 Like grapes in the desert, I found Israel; (9:10) |
| | | B'(9:11-13) | | | 9:11 The glory of Ephraim flies away like a bird: no birth, no carrying in the womb, no conception. Were they to bear children, I would slay the darlings of their womb. (9:11) |
| | A'(9:14-17) | | 9:17 My God will disown them (9:17) |
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A: Rejection by the LORD. B: Destruction of Ephraim. C: I found Israel. |
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[10]Israel's sin and captivity (Hos 10:1-15)
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| | A(10:1-4) | | | "10:1 The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built(10:1)" | (לפריו) |
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| | | B(10:5-8) | | | | 10:5 The inhabitants of Samaria fear for the calf of Beth-aven(10:5) | (לעגלות) |
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| | | | C(10:9-10) | | | | 10:9 you have sinned (10:9) |
| | | B'(10:11-12) | | | | 10:11 Ephraim was a trained heifer(10:11) | (עגלה) |
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| | A'(10:13-15) | | | 10:13eaten the fruit of falsehood (10:13) | (פר) |
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A: Fruits. B: Heifer. C: Sins |
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[11]God's compassion despite Israel's ingratitude (Hos 11:1-11)
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| | A(11:1-4) | | 11:1 When Israel was a child I loved him, out of Egypt I called my son.(11:1) |
| | | B(11:5-7) | | | 11:5 He shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be his king; (11:5) |
| | A'(11:8-9) | | 11:8 My heart is overwhelmed, my pity is stirred.(11:8) |
| | | B'(11:10-11) | | | 11:11 Out of Egypt they shall come trembling, like sparrows, from the land of Assyria, like doves (11:11) |
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A: Love of the LORD. B: Egypt and Assyria. |
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[12]The history of rebellion (Hos 12:1-14:1)
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| | A(12:1-2) | | | "12:2 Ephraim chases the east wind, ever pursuing the gale (12:2)" | (קדים) |
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| | | B(12:3-9) | | | 12:4 In the womb he supplanted his brother, and as a man he contended with God; (12:4) |
| | | | C(12:10-11) | | | | | "12:10 I am the LORD, your God, since the land of Egypt (12:10)" | (אלהיךמארץמצרים) |
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| | | | | D(12:12-14) | | | | | 12:12 in Gilgal they sacrifice to bullocks (12:12) |
| | | | | | E(12:15) | | | | | | 12:15 Ephraim has exasperated his lord (12:15) |
| | | | | D'(13:1-3) | | | | | 13:1 he sinned through Baal and died. (13:1) |
| | | | C'(13:4-6) | | | | | "13:4 I am the LORD, your God, since the land of Egypt (13:4)" | (אלהיךמארץמצרים) |
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| | | B'(13:7-11) | | | 13:9 Your destruction, O Israel! who is there to help you? (13:9) |
| | A'(13:12-14:1) | | | "13:15 Though he be fruitful among his fellows, an east wind shall come (13:15)" | (קדים) |
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A: An east wind. B: Betrayal. C: I am the LORD, your God, since the land of Egypt. D: Idolatry. E: The wrath of the LORD. |
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[13]Assurance of forgiveness (Hos 14:2-10)
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| | A(14:2) | | | 14:1 you have stumbled (14:1) | (כשלת) |
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| | | B(14:3-4) | | | | 14:3 the fruit of our mouths | (פרים) |
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| | | | C(14:5-8) | | | | 14:5 I will love them freely (14:5) |
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| | A'(14:10) | | | 14:10 the sinners will stumble (14:10) | (יכשלו) |
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A: Stumbling. B: Fruits. C: The love of the LORD.
(This structure was analyzed by Mr. Yuriy Lishchinski. Thanks to Mr. Yuriy Lishchinski.) |
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