- If “salvation” is to come to Israel will the transgressions of the people be forgotten?
- What refrain, in terms of parable in earlier chapters, appears in Hosea 7:4?
- Why is the thought processes (the ancients considered “heart” as the seat of thought) compared to an oven (Hosea 7:6-7)?
- What destiny, then, is predicted for Ephraim (Israel) in Hosea 7:8-9?
- What emotional state has inhibited Israel from true return in spite of all evidence that return was called for (Hosea 7:10)?
- Would Hosea 7:11-12 indicate that the prophet favored the political course of Israel?
- Because of the insincerity (Hosea 7:14) what, once again, is predicted as the final outcome (Hosea 7:16)?
