Hosea
the prophet of faithful love
Who was Hosea?
- A prophet of the kingdom of Israel, son of Beeri. Hosea 1:1
- The Lord asked him to marry Gomer. His marriage was a sign of God’s faithful love for his people. Hosea 1:2-3; Hosea 3:1
- Matthew applied his words about Egypt to the child Jesus. Jesus repeated others: God desires mercy. Matthew 2:15; Matthew 9:13
What the Bible says
Hosea 1:1
The word of the Lord, that came to Osee the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel.
Hosea 1:2-3; Hosea 3:1
2The beginning of the Lord’s speaking by Osse: and the Lord said to Osee: Go, take thee a wife of fornications, and have of her children of fornications: for the land by fornication shall depart from the Lord. 3So he went, and took Gomer the daughter of Debelaim: and she conceived and bore him a son.
Matthew 2:15; Matthew 9:13
That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
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