Hosea Quiz

Answer key for Hosea Quiz

1. Q1: Who was the father of the prophet Hosea? Answer: Beeri. The word of the LORD came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri. Reference: Hosea 1:1 (KJV).
2. Q2: What was the name of the woman Hosea was commanded to take as a wife? Answer: Gomer. The LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms. Reference: Hosea 1:2 (KJV).
3. Q3: What was the name of Hosea's firstborn son, signifying that God would avenge the blood of a certain city? Answer: Jezreel. The LORD said, Call his name Jezreel; for I will avenge the blood of Jezreel. Reference: Hosea 1:4 (KJV).
4. Q4: According to Hosea 4:6, why are God's people destroyed? Answer: For lack of knowledge. The scripture saith, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Reference: Hosea 4:6 (KJV).
5. Q5: Which tribe is frequently singled out in Hosea as a representative for the northern kingdom's backsliding? Answer: Ephraim. Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. Reference: Hosea 4:17 (KJV).
6. Q6: Hosea describes the people's goodness as being like what fleeting thing? Answer: A morning cloud. Your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. Reference: Hosea 6:4 (KJV).
7. Q7: What does the LORD desire more than sacrifice, according to Hosea 6:6? Answer: Mercy. For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. Reference: Hosea 6:6 (KJV).
8. Q8: Hosea 7:8 describes Ephraim as being like what kind of food? Answer: A cake not turned. Ephraim is a cake not turned, being mixed among the people. Reference: Hosea 7:8 (KJV).
9. Q9: Complete the famous phrase: 'For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the...' Answer: Whirlwind. The prophet warns that those who sow the wind shall reap the whirlwind. Reference: Hosea 8:7 (KJV).
10. Q10: Out of which country did God call His son, as mentioned in Hosea 11:1? Answer: Egypt. When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. Reference: Hosea 11:1 (KJV).