Hosea
c. 785–c. 725 BCE · Ancient Israel
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.”
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In their words
Famous Quotes
“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.”
“For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.”
“When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.”
“O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction.”
Biography
About Hosea
Prophet in the northern kingdom of Israel during its final decades before Assyrian conquest. His marriage to an unfaithful wife became a powerful metaphor for God's relationship with Israel.
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