- What is it that Israel has “loved” and where has this love expressed itself?
- And what is the relationship to a threshing floor in terms of illicit sexual matters and also in terms of idol worship, which would take place in a spacious area such as a threshing floor?
- Basically, what is predicted for Israel in Hosea 9:3?
- What is the future of any worship pattern for Israel (Hosea 9:4-5)?
- In Hosea 9:6 if the fourth Hebrew word “mishod” would be rendered Ashur (Assyria) would this have added meaning to the thrust of the sentence?
- Hosea 9:7 refers to the “day of punishment” — for whom; and what have the people done to the prophet and to those who sought to instruct appropriately, which contributes to the reason for their punishment?
- How does Hosea 9:8 continue the charge in Hosea 9:7?
- How does Judges 19-20 explain the reference in Hosea 9:9 to Gibeah?
- What happened at Baal Peor which so changed “the attitude of Divinity”?
- According to Hosea 9:11 what will become of “Ephraim’s glory”?
- Does Hosea 9 end with any (even slight) promise of relief from the dire predictions?
