Hosea 11:1-11
In honor of Rev. David and Linda Asplin
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Part 33, On the Incarnation of the Word, Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 318.
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- John Calvin's Commentary on Hosea.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "God considers with himself, and that with a certain grief, how to punish them."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "This is the language of the day of his patience; but when men sin that away, then the great day of his wrath comes."
- From Wesley's Notes.
- "But Israel, the first adopted son was a type of Christ the first - born. And the history of Israel's coming out was a type of Christ's future coming out of Egypt."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Hosea 11:1-11, Blake Couey, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2019.
- "Hosea 11 depicts God’s compassion for God’s people despite their rejection."
- Commentary,
Hosea 11:1-11, Stephen Reid., Pentecost 11C Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2016.
- "Long before the American sitcom "The Office" launched Steve Carell's career and the U.K.'s version catapulted Ricky Gervais to fame, there were biblical offices that proscribed one's ...."
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, Illustration Ideas, 2016.
- Commentary, Hosea 11:1-8 | Jacob Morris | Nazarene Compassionate Ministries | A Plain Account, 2016
- "It is important for the preacher to understand this passage against the historical and theological backdrop of eighth century Israel. At the beginning the eighth century BCE, both the northern and southern kingdoms were at the pinnacle of their economic wealth and political power since the division of the monarchy."
- "Who Am I? Rant vs. Relationship," Walter Brueggemann, ON Scripture, includes discussion questions and video.
- The Truett Pulpit, James H. Coston, Senior Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church, Waco, Texas
- Pulpit Fiction, with podcast. Reflections of lectionary text, pop culture, current events, etc. Robb Mc Coy and Eric Fistler, 2016.
- Commentary,
Hosea 11:1-11, David G. Garber, Jr., Pentecost 11C Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- "It can be quite easy in our preaching and teaching to overlook the more harsh elements of this metaphor: God's desire to punish us when we go astray, God's intention to release us to the destructive powers of the world, and even God's emotional indecisiveness. These human qualities, however, invite us to sympathize with the Divine. They vividly portray God's pain at our slight indiscretions as well as our outright rebellion against God's teachings."
- "A God We Hardly Know," John C. Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2013.
- "The Holy One in the midst of the people is not the powerful God of Amos, the raging God of Micah, the demanding God of Ezekiel. YHWH is here the warmly compassionate God who in plaintive sadness and expectant hope keeps searching for Gomer/Israel, no longer as a male of traditional mien, but a God of new heart, a God madly in love with someone who too often does not, will not, cannot love YHWH back."
- "When Will You Do the Right Thing?" Bob Cornwall, Ponderings on a Faith Journey, 2013.
- "Hosea and Gomer," sermon discussion from Frederick Buechner, Frederick Buechner Blog. "Covenant," from Beyond Words.
- "Nobody can say how many converts Hosea made, but one thing that's for sure is that, including Gomer's, there was seldom a dry eye in the house."
- "Gomer and the Metaphor or Redemption," Carol Howard Merritt, The Hardest Question, 2013.
- "Can we consider faithfulness without acknowledging this troubling relationship?"
- "The Politics of Scripture: Hosea 11:1-11," Timothy F. Simpson, Political Theology 2013.
- "This text thus challenges us with its strangeness, its ambiguity of characterization, its resistance to an ending."
- Commentary,
Hosea 11:1-11, J. Clinton McCann, Pentecost 10C Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "Like last week's Old Testament lesson (Hosea 1:2-10), Hosea 11:1-11 offers striking testimony to the gracious, merciful, and steadfastly loving character of Israel's God."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
-
Hosea 11:1-11,
The Old Testament Readings: Weekly
Comments on the Revised Common Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "Throughout this passage, we sense the tempestuous moods of God, the deep tides of God?s compassion surging against the rock of a justly-deserved punishment for the people?s faithlessness."
- Hosea 11, The Dark Side of God: Considerations for Preaching and Teaching, Richard Nysse, Texts in Context, Word & World, Luther Seminary, 1997.
- Lectionary
Commentary and Preaching Paths, Pentecost C9, Dennis Bratcher, Christian
Resource Institute.
- "The preaching paths for this text can go many directions depending on the application, but they should not stray too far from the central theme of grace."
- Commentary,
Hosea 11:1-11, Blake Couey, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2019.
- Articles & Background:
-
"Metaphors in Hosea," Jack P. Lewis,
Festschrift in Honor of Charles
Speel, Monmouth College, 1997.
- "The prodigal son metaphor is one of the best known of the book (Hos. 11:1); however, the image is by no means unique."
- "The Feminist Critique of God-Language," Neil Gillman, MyJewishLearning.com. Reprinted from Jewish Lights.
-
"Metaphors in Hosea," Jack P. Lewis,
Festschrift in Honor of Charles
Speel, Monmouth College, 1997.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes
direct links).
- Adams, Robert Merrihew, "How Can I
Give You Up, O Ephraim?" Theology Today, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Chapman, Kathryn, "Hosea 11:1-4 -- Images of a Loving
Parent," Review & Expositor, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Gaiser, Frederick J., "Preaching God: Hosea 11:1-11,"
Word & World, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Howard, Tracy L., "The Use of Hosea 11:1 in Matthew
2:15: An Alternative Solution," Bibliotheca Sacra, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Joosten, Jan, "Targumic Aramaic MERU'A' --
'Oppression' (Isaiah 47, Hosea 11:7, Micah 6:3," Vetus Testamentum,
2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Nysse, Richard, "The Dark Side of
God: Considerations for Preaching and Teaching," Word & World,
1997.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Padilla, Elaine,
"'The Love that Never Fails' - HESED and Covenant in Hosea,"
The Living Pulpit, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Patterson, Richard D., "Parental Love As A Metaphor
for Divine-Human Love," Journal of the Evangelical Theological
Society, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Ritschl, Dietrich, "God's Conversion: An Exposition
of Hosea 11," Interpretation, 1961.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Sailhamer, John, "Hosea 11:1 and Matthew 2:15,"
Westminster Theological Journal, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Silva, Charles H., "The Literary Structure of Hosea
9-14," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Adams, Robert Merrihew, "How Can I
Give You Up, O Ephraim?" Theology Today, 2006.
- Sermons:
- "Broken Hearted God," the Rev. Mimi Walker, Day 1, 2010.
- Reviews:
- Review: Joy Philip Kakkanattu, God's Enduring Love in the Book of Hosea: A Synchronic and Diachronic Analysis of Hosea 11:1-11. Mohr Siebeck, 2006. Review by Sven Petry, Review of Biblical Literature, 2007.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 13, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2013.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Hosea 11:4. The Cyber Hymnal.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Hosea
