Hosea Outline

I. Hosea's Commission (1:1)

II. Hosea’s Symbolic Marriage (1:2-3:5)

• A. Hosea’s Adulterous Wife and Children (1:2-2:1)
• B. Punishment and Restoration of Israel (2:2-23)
• C. Hosea Reconciled to His Wife (3:1-5)

III. Oracles of Judgment (4:1-9:9)

• A. The Case Against Israel (4:1-19)
• B. The Battle Cry of the LORD (5:1-15)
• C. Israel’s Unrepentance (6:1-7:16)
• D. Israel’s Punishment (8:1-9:9)

IV. Prophetic Reflections on Israel’s History (9:10-14:9)

• A. Israel Like Grapes and Figs (9:10-17)
• B. Israel Like a Spreading Vine (10:1-10)
• C. Israel Like a Trained Calf (10:11-15)
• D. Israel Like a Growing Child (11:1-11)
• E. Israel’s Wickedness (11:12-12:14)
• F. The LORD’S Wrath (13:1-16)
• G. Call for Repentance (14:1-9)