F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Hosea 1:1-11
God Gathers the Outcast Hosea 1:1-11 The story of Hosea is a pathetic one. He felt impressed that it was his duty to take as wife one whose earlier life had been unchaste. From this marriage resulted three children, the names of whom are terribly significant. They are as follows:- God will scatter; Not an object of favor ; and Once my people, but not so now . Here is the history of many a soul. In spite of all God’s tender love, we may wander from Him into the path of sin. The chapter... read more
Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Hosea 1:1-11
SUPERSCRIPTION. Hosea 1:11The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri,1 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.______________PART FIRST. Hosea 1:2 to Hosea 3:5Hosea 1:2 to Hosea 2:3A. The Rejection of the Kingdom of Israel, and especially of the House of Jehu, on account of their “Whoredom,” is symbolically announced.—Hosea 1:2-92 The beginning2 of the Word of the Lord by Hosea. And the... read more