The Prophets · 7 stories
Stories
Hosea and Gomer's Marriage
God commands Hosea to marry Gomer, whose three children receive names of judgment—Jezreel, Lo-Ruhamah, Lo-Ammi—signaling Israel's coming punishment and broken covenant.
6 parts
Israel the Unfaithful Wife
Yahweh exposes Israel's faithless pursuit of the Baals, strips away the blessings she mistook as her lovers' gifts, then woos her back to a renewed and everlasting betrothal.
5 parts
Hosea Redeems Gomer
Commanded by Yahweh, Hosea buys back and restores Gomer to faithful commitment, mirroring how Israel will one day return to God after a long separation.
4 parts
God's Fatherly Love for Israel
Yahweh remembers raising Israel from childhood — calling his son out of Egypt, teaching him to walk, drawing him with cords of love — yet the people chased after Baals and refused to acknowledge their father's care; grief and wrath war in his heart as Assyria looms, but compassion wins, and he promises his scattered children will come trembling home from Egypt, Assyria, and the west.
4 parts
Israel's Restoration and Return
Hosea calls Israel to confess and return to Yahweh, who promises healing, fruitfulness, and restored relationship, closing with a call to walk wisely in God's ways.
6 parts
Israel's Fleeting Love Lamented
Israel calls one another back to Yahweh, but he laments their fleeting love and catalogs their covenant-breaking from Adam to Ephraim, declaring he desires mercy over sacrifice.
3 parts
Ephraim Driven Into Exile
Hosea warns that Israel's unfaithfulness brings exile, failed harvests, and barrenness, as Yahweh recalls their early devotion, mourns their fall, and finally drives Ephraim away among the nations.
4 parts