Hosea theme
Loyal love (faithfulness) (theme)
Hosea 2:14-23
Future kingdom for Israel
Hosea 4:6
Destroyed for lack of knowledge
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.”
Hosea 6:6
Loyalty vs sacrifice
“For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.”
Hosea 11:1
Out of Egypt I called my son
“When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.”
Hosea 13:6
Complacency with abundance
“but when they had grazed, they became full, they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; therefore they forgot me.”