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.

Hosea 4:6 (KJV), Hosea

For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Hosea 6:6 (KJV), Hosea

When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

Hosea 11:1 (KJV), Hosea

O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction.

Hosea 13:14 (KJV), Hosea
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.