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Hosea 1 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Hosea 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Hosea 1 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
הוֹשֵׁעַ Hôwshêaʻ H1954 3 Hoshea
יִזְרְעֵאל Yizrᵉʻêʼl H3157 3 Jizreel
הָרָה hârâh H2029 3 be, become
לֹא רֻחָמָה Lôʼ Ruchâmâh H3819 2 Lo-Ruchamah
זָנוּן zânûwn H2183 2 adultery, idolatry
יָלַד yâlad H3205 3 bear young, beget
קָרָא qârâʼ H7121 3 call out to

How preachers through history handled this text

11 public-domain excerpts on Hosea 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 8 Matthew Henry 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“11. Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel. 11. Et congregabuntur filii Jehudah et filii Israel simul-- et ponent sibi caput unum-- et ascendent e terra; quia magnus dies Jizreel. The Prophet speaks here peculiarly of the children of Abraham; …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Hosea, on Hosea 1:11–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jezreel 2 — Hos 1:11
  • Valley of Jezreel — Hos 1:5

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