0^HoseaSuperscriptionSymbols of Sin andJudgment: The Prostitute andHerChildrenThe Restoration ofIsraelIdolatrous IsraelWillBe Punished Likea ProstituteThe Lord’s Discipline WillBring Israel BackAgricultural Fertility Withdrawn from IsraelFuture Repentance and Restoration of IsraelNew Covenant Relationship with Repentant IsraelAgricultural Fertility Restored tothe Repentant NationThe Lord’s Dispute againstthe Sinful PriesthoodJudgment of Pagan Idolatry and Cultic ProstitutionWarning to Judah: Do NotJoinin Israel’s Apostasy!The Shameful Sinners Will Be Brought to ShameThe Futility of Sacrificial Ritual without Moral ObedienceThe Prophet’s Declaration of JudgmentThe Oppressors ofthe Helpless WillBe OppressedThe Curse ofthe Incurable WoundThe Lion Will Carry Israel OffInto ExileTransitory Faithfulness and Imminent JudgmentIndictments Against the Cities of Israel and JudahIf IsraelWouldRepentof Sin, God WouldRelentof JudgmentPolitical Intrigue and Conspiracy inthe PalaceIsrael Lacks Discernment and Refuses to RepentIsraelTurnsto Assyria and Egypt forHelpIsraelHasTurned Away fromthe LordThe Political and Cultic Sin ofIsraelThe Fertility Cultists WillBecome InfertileThe Willful Donkey andthe Wanton HarlotSacrifices Ineffective without Moral ObedienceAssyrian Exile Will Reverse the Egyptian ExodusNo Escape forthe Israelites ThisTime!Israel Rejects Hosea’s Prophetic ExhortationsThe Best of Times, the Worst of TimesThe Fertility Worshipers WillBecome InfertileThe Lord Will Punish Israel by Removing Its KingsThe Calf Idol and Idolaters of Samaria WillBe ExiledFailure to Learn fromtheSinand Judgment of GibeahFertility Imagery: Plowing, Sowing, and ReapingBethel WillBeDestroyedLike Beth ArbelThe Divine Dilemma: Judgment or Mercy?GodWillRestorethe Exiles to IsraelGod’s Lawsuit against Israel: Breach of CovenantIsrael Must Return tothe God of JacobTheLord Refutes Israel’s False Claim of InnocenceJacob in Aram, Israel in Egypt, and Ephraim in TroubleWell-Fed Israel WillBe Fed to Wild AnimalsIsrael’s King Unable to Deliver the NationIsrael’s Punishment Will Not Be Withheld Much LongerThe Lord WillNot Relent fromthe Threatened JudgmentThe Capital ofthe Northern Empire WillBe DestroyedDivine PromisetoRelentfromJudgmentandtoRestore BlessingsConcluding Exhortation