Hosea (Click here to download or print the lesson)

"Hosea was a contemporary of Amos in Israel, and of Isaiah and Micah in Judah, and his ministry continued after the first, or Assyrian, captivity of the northern kingdom (2 Ki. Chapter 15 vs. 29).  His style is abrupt, metaphorical, and figurative."
"Israel is Jehovah's adulterous wife, repudiated, but ultimately to be purified and restored.  This is Hosea's distinctive message, which may be summed up in his two words, Lo-ammi, not my people, and Ammi, my people."  (Reference: The Scofield Reference Bible)