1: #####1-9***(God disowns Israel), #####10*****("sons of God") 2: Israel will be destroyed and redeemed, #####16*****("God will be called Ishi (husband),

not Baal (master)") 3: 1-3***("symbolic adultery" in Israel, Hosea's second symbolic marriage) 4: Israel's prostitutes, murderers, idols, alcoholism, lack of knowledge lead to destruction 5: Israel is doomed for turg away from God 6: ###2***(rise on the "third day"), #####6*****(loyalty and knowledge greater than sacrifice), 9***(priests commit murder), 11*****(Israel will be restored) 7: 1***(Fraud, thieves), 3***(corruption), 5***(wine), #####13-16***(Israel abandoned God, lied, transgressed, destroyed) 8: #####1***(Israel broke the covenant), ###4-6***(Israel worshipped idols), #####9***(Israel is "like a wild donkey". ~ to Ishmael in Genesis?), ###13***(the Jews will return to Egypt), ###14***(God destroys Israel and Judah) 9: 1***(Israel abandoned God), 3***(Ephraim will return to Egypt), #####7*****(the days of punishment have come, Israel's iniquity and hostility towards prophets and inspired men), 9***(God punishes the sins and iniquity of Israel), 11-2(Ephraim is destroyed), 15***(God drives Israel out of His hose, haters them because of their wickedness), 16***(God destroys the children of Ephraim), 17***(God casts Israel away,a they will be wanderers among the nations) 10: 9***(Israel sinning since the days of Gibeah, battle against the sons of iniquity), 10***(God will chastise Israel, the peoples will gather against them for their double guilt), 12***(God commands righteousness, kindness), 13***(Israel's wickedness and injustice, lies), 14***(Israel will be destroyed) 11: #####1*****(Israel is God's "son"), 2***(Jewish idols worship), 5***(God will send Ephraim to Assyria as slaves), #####10-11*****(God's "sons" come trembling from the west, from Egypt and Assyria), ###12***(Ephraim's lies and Israel's deceit, Judah unruly against God) 12: ###1***(Ephraim's lies and violence), 2-3***(God's dispute with Judah, Jacob took his brother by the heel in the womb, contended with God in his maturity), ###4*****(Jacob wrestled with the ANGEL and prevailed), 6***(God says observe kindness and justice), !!!#####7***!!!(merchant with false balances, love to OPPRESS, RIBA!!!) 13: 1***(idol worship in Israel, Ephraim's idolatry), #####4*****(Yet I have been the LORD your God Since the land of Egypt; And you were not to know any god except Me, For there is no savior besides Me.), #####6*(As they had their pasture, they became satisfied, And being satisfied, their heart became proud; Therefore they forgot Me.), #####7-9***(God is "like a lion, like a leopard" to Israel, on the attack), 15*****(an east wind will come, the wind of the LORD), ###16***(Samaria will be held guilty, For she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, Their little ones will be dashed in pieces, And their pregnant women will be ripped open.) 14: 3*, 4-5*****, #####9**(wisdom is righteousness)