Hosea 4 Resources


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OUTLINE OF HOSEA 
 I.  The Prodigal Wife, Hosea 1:1-3:5 
   A.  Her Unfaithfulness, Hosea 1:1-11 
   B.  Her Punishment, Hosea 2:1-13 
   C.  Her Restoration and Israel's, Hosea 2:14-23 
   D.  Her Redemption, Hosea 3:1-5 
II.  The Prodigal People, Hosea 4:1-14:9 
   A.  The Message of Judgment, Hosea 4:1-10:15 
      1.  The indictment, Hosea 4:1-19 
      2.  The verdict, Hosea 5:1-15 
      3.  The plea of Israel, Hosea 6:1-3 
      4.  The reply of the Lord, Hosea 6:4-11 
      5.  The crimes of Israel, Hosea 7:1-16 
      6.  The prophecy of judgment, Hosea 8:1-10:15 
    B.  The Message of Restoration, Hosea 11:1-14:9 
      1.  God's love for the prodigal people, Hosea 11:1-11 
      2.  God's chastisement of the prodigal people, Hosea 11:12-13:16 
      3.  God's restoration of the prodigal people, Hosea 14:1-9 
      Ryrie Study Bible


ALBERT BARNES NOTES

Be a Berean - Not Always Literal especially in prophetic passages. 

W J BEECHER

BIBLE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL

BIBLICAL ILLUSTRATOR

Be a Berean - Not Always Literal especially in prophetic passages.

SAMUEL LOGAN BRENGLE

BRIAN BELL Calvary Chapel

Conservative, Literal Interpretation

BIBLE.ORG RESOURCES Resources that Reference Hosea

BRIDGEWAY BIBLE COMMENTARY

JEREMIAH BURROUGHS

JOHN CALVIN Commentary on Hosea

Note: Calvin's prayers are excellent, and are very convicting - Suggestion: Read them aloud, very slowly and as a sincere prayer to the Almighty God. On the other hand the careful Berean (Acts 17:11-note) should be cautious when reading Calvin's comments, for he often interprets passages that in context clearly relate to the literal nation of Israel as if they spoke of the Church. Furthermore, he makes no mention of a future Millennial Reign of Messiah. 

CAMBRIDGE BIBLE COMMENTARY Commentary Notes on Hosea T K Cheyne, 1884

Be cautious (Acts 17:11-note): Does not always interpret the Scripture literally and sometimes replaces Israel with the Church (note)

M DANIEL CARROLL

RICH CATHERS - frequent use of illustrations

 

ADAM CLARKE Commentary on Hosea

Be cautious (Acts 17:11-note): Does not always interpret the Scripture literally and sometimes replaces Israel with the Church (note)

THOMAS CONSTABLE Expository Notes on Hosea

Conservative, Literal Interpretation

JOHN DARBY Commentary on Hosea

A B DAVIDSON

DICTIONARY ARTICLES

JOHN DUMMELOW Commentary on  Hosea

RON DANIEL Sermon Notes on Hosea

Conservative, Literal Interpretation

EASY ENGLISH

C J ELLICOTT

Be a Berean - Not always a literal interpretation. Caveat Emptor!

H L ELLISON

JAMES FREEMAN - MANNERS AND CUSTOMS

A C GAEBELEIN Commentary on Hosea

GENE GETZ

  • Hosea 4:1-14;Our Knowledge of God: To grow spiritually, we must have an increasing and deepening knowledge of God--who He is and what He has done for us. Video
  • Hosea 4:15-5:15;Maintaining a Clear Conscience: We are to maintain a clear conscience that does not become hardened by persistent sinful attitudes and actions. Video

JOHN GILL Commentary on Hosea

Be cautious (Acts 17:11-note): Does not always interpret the Scripture literally and sometimes replaces Israel with the Church (note)

DOUG GOINS Sermons on Hosea

Conservative, Literal Interpretation

DUANE GARRETT

GOSPEL COALITION

JAMES GRAY 

DAVID GUZIK Commentary on Hosea

Conservative, Literal Interpretation

HOMER HEATER

EBENEZER HENDERSON Commentary on Hosea

James Rosscup writes "This 1858 work supplies much help on matters of the text, word meaning, resolving some problems, etc. Some have found it one of the most contributive sources in getting at what a text means." (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works)

MATTHEW HENRY Commentary on Hosea

Be cautious (Acts 17:11-note): Does not always interpret the Scripture literally and sometimes replaces Israel with the Church (note) (Click example of his interpretative approach which is often allegorical) (Or another example)

BRUCE HURT

H A IRONSIDE Commentary on Hosea

Conservative, Literal

JAMIESON, FAUSSET, BROWN Commentary Critical and Explanatory

One of the more literal older commentaries

JAMIESON, FAUSSET, BROWN UNABRIDGED

S LEWIS JOHNSON Sermon/Commentary Notes on Hosea

Conservative, Literal Interpretation

LOWELL JOHNSON - sermons

HAMPTON KEATHLEY IV

KEIL & DELITZSCH Commentary on the Old Testament on Hosea

See caveat regarding this commentary

James Rosscup writes that "This is the best older, overall treatment of a critical nature on the Old Testament Hebrew text verse by verse and is a good standard work to buy. The student can buy parts or the whole of this series. Sometimes it is evangelical, at other times liberalideas enter." (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works)

WILLIAM KELLY

STEVE KRELOFF

LANGE COMMENTARY Commentary on Hosea

Not Always Literal Interpretation

HERBERT LOCKYER - devotional

S FRANKLIN LOGSDON Commentary on Hosea People Who Forgot God 1959

JOHN MACARTHUR

ALEXANDER MACLAREN Sermon on Hosea

DAVID MALICK

MEN OF THE BIBLE

J VERNON MCGEE Thru the Bible

F B MEYER Devotional Commentary

MIDDLETOWN BIBLE

HENRY MORRIS DEFENDER'S STUDY BIBLE NOTES

Conservative notes from Dr Morris who approaches the text seeking it's literal meaning in the context. Millennial. Click the words or phrases after the Scripture for the Study Notes and note that they are from the KJV translation.

MONERGISM

G CAMPBELL MORGAN

HOMILETICAL COMMENTARY Commentary on Hosea

NET BIBLE NOTES Hosea Commentary Notes

Conservative, Literal Interpretation. Includes technical notes (text), translation notes and study notes

JAMES NISBET

RICHARD D PATTERSON 

MARK PERKINS Commentary Notes on Hosea

Conservative, Literal Interpretation

MATTHEW POOLE Hosea Commentary

PULPIT COMMENTARY Hosea Commentary

Be cautious (Acts 17:11-note): Does not always interpret the Scripture literally and sometimes replaces Israel with the Church (note)

EDWARD B PUSEY Commentary on Hosea 1860

James Rosscup writes "This work originally appeared in 1860. The present publication is set up in two columns to the page with the text of the Authorized Version reproduced at the top. Scripture references, Hebrew words, and other citations are relegated to the bottom of the page. The work is detailed and analytical in nature. Introduction, background and explanation of the Hebrew are quite helpful. Pusey holds to the grammatical-historical type of interpretation until he gets into sections dealing with the future of Israel, and here Israel becomes the church in the amillennial vein." (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works)

MAX I REICH

REFORMATION STUDY BIBLE - be aware this resource does not always  interpret the text literally

MARK ROOKER

JOHNNY SANDERS

JOHN SCHULTZ - commentary - 78 pages

SERMON BIBLE COMMENTARY

CHARLES SIMEON Sermon on Hosea

CHUCK SMITH Sermon/Commentary Notes on Hosea

GEORGE A SMITH Commentary on Hosea The Expositor's Bible 1903

James Rosscup writes "Though old this is well-written and often cited, with many good statements on spiritual truths. Users will find much that is worthwhile, and sometimes may disagree, as when he sees the Jonah account as allegorical (Ed: See Tony Garland's article on the Rise of Allegorical Interpretation)." (Commentaries for Biblical Expositors: An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works)

SPEAKER'S COMMENTARY Commentary on Hosea

Be cautious (Acts 17:11-note): Does not always interpret the Scripture literally and sometimes replaces Israel with the Church (note)

C H SPURGEON  sermon on Hosea

RAY STEDMAN Hosea - Conservative, Literal Interpretation

JOHN STEVENSON

RICHARD L. STRAUSS

THIRD MILLENNIUM Study Notes on Hosea

DAVID THOMPSON SERMON HOSEA

Conservative, literal interpretation

TODAY IN THE WORD on Hosea Devotionals

JOHN TRAPP 

BOB UTLEY

  • Amos, Hosea, Jonah and Micah - Be very discerning: Utley is Amillennial and replaces Israel with the Church. Why listed? Because he has well done grammatical (word and phrase studies) and interesting historical comments (eg, see page 45 "Fertility Worship of the Ancient Near East")

JAMES VAN DINE

SERMONS BY VERSE

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