Read Hosea 1:2 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on a painful sign and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Read Hosea 4:6 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on destroyed for lack of knowledge and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Read Hosea 6:6 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on i desire mercy and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.
Read Hosea 11:8 in its surrounding paragraph or chapter. In this lesson, focus on love that will not let go and ask what the text actually says before importing a later argument into it. Note the speaker, audience, setting, repeated words, commands, promises, warnings, and how the passage fits the wider biblical story.