The Book of Hosea True of False Quiz - 15 Questions with Answers

1. God told Hosea to name his firstborn son Jezreel to signal coming judgment on the house of Jehu.

2. The name "Lo-Ruhamah" means "Loved and Pardoned."

3. Israel credited her grain, wine, and oil to her pagan lovers rather than to God.

4. Hosea bought back Gomer for exactly thirty pieces of silver.

5. Hosea severely rebuked Israel for making political alliances with Babylon.

6. Ephraim was described as a "flat loaf of bread not turned over."

7. When Israel cried out in distress, God immediately healed them without condition.

8. Hosea prophesied during the reigns of multiple kings of Judah and King Jeroboam II of Israel.

9. God stated He desires steadfast love (hesed) more than ritual sacrifices.

10. Ephraim was praised as a hardworking heifer that loved to thresh grain.

11. God warned that because Israel "planted the wind," they would harvest a whirlwind.

12. The priests hid in the mountains to avoid offering pagan sacrifices.

13. God declared, "When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son."

14. he book ends with a promise that God will heal Israel and make them blossom like the lily.

15. Hosea prophesied that the exiled Israelites would never return or be restored.