This Quiz: Hosea

1.) Who was Hosea's father?
       Benjamin
       Baalam
       Beeri
       Barak

2.) How many Kings of Judah were there during the time of Hosea's revelations from the Lord?
       1
       2
       3
       4

3.) What amazing thing did the Lord ask Hosea to do when He first spoke to him?
       Take 300 men and capture the cities of Judah.
       Go up to Bethel and tear down the altar of Baal.
       Marry a prostitute and have children with her.
       Set up a table in the temple to ensure that the money changers were not robbing the people.

4.) What was the name of Hosea's wife?
       Gomer
       Abigail
       Deborah
       Zilpah

5.) Why did the Lord ask Hosea to call his third child Loammi? Loammi means...
       For you are not my people and I am not your God.
       For I will be with you, whethersoever thou goest.
       For although I was angry with you, I have comforted you.
       For the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

6.) For how much did Hosea buy his wife?
       All the spotted sheep in his flock.
       Fifteen shekels of silver, a homer of barley, and a measure of wine.
       Thirty pieces of silver.
       Two hundred loaves, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five measures of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs.

7.) What was the indictment that the Lord had against the inhabitants of the land?
       Fathers were sacrificing their children to Baal.
       There was no truth, mercy, and no knowledge of God in the land.
       Money changers in the temple were robbing the people.
       The daughters of Israel were marrying the Philistines.

8.) What animal did the Lord liken Israel's stubbornness to?
       a mule
       a goat
       a camel
       a heifer

9.) The prophet said, 'For they sow the wind, and they shall reap...'
       abundant grain.
       the gentle breeze from heaven.
       what they sow.
       the whirlwind.

10.) The prophet said, 'the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but...'
       His mercy is new every morning toward transgressors.
       transgressors have said in their hearts that there is no God, and so they are judged.
       transgressors shall fall therein.
       even the upright need the mercy of the Lord.