Ephraim and Israel

Hosea Chapter five verse three


Hosea 5:3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, you commit whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

God says he knows their works, what are their works? _____________________________________________

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Hosea 5:4 They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

Why can’t they stop their whoredoms? _____________________________________________ and what else? _______________________________________________________

The Controversy

Hosea chapter four verse one

Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Translate the word controversy - ___________________________________________________

What is the controversy the LORD has with the inhabitants of the land? __________________________

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Wife of Harlotry

Hosea chapter three verse one

Hosea 3:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

What kind of woman was Hosea to get?  __________________________________________________
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Hosea 3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

How much did Hosea pay for this woman? _________________________________________________

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