Hosea 3:5--4:1
- The Prophet and His Marriage (Hosea 1:2-2:1; 3)
- The Charge against Israel (Hosea 4)
Prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer
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Mountain landscape with river valley and the prophet Hosea
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Hosea weds a harlot
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Baruch
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They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms
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Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me
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Hosea blames the priesthood
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Woes of drunkenness
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Hosea 4:6
- The Charge against Israel (Hosea 4)
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms
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Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me
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Hosea blames the priesthood
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Woes of drunkenness
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Hosea 4:12
- The Charge against Israel (Hosea 4)
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms
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Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me
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Hosea blames the priesthood
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Woes of drunkenness
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Hosea 9:1
- Punishment for Israel (Hosea 9f.)
Thorns and weeds will grow up over their altars
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Hosea 11:12
- The Lord Will Punish Jacob (Hosea 11:12-12:14)
The altars there will become piles of stones
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Hosea 13:16
- The Lord's Anger against Israel (Hosea 13)
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death
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Like a leopard I will lie in wait
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They make idols for themselves
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