1. God called Hosea to marry a woman who was a known prostitute, and then to be ______________ to her no matter what. To stay true to her, no matter how __________ she might be to him.

Hosea 1:2-4, ”When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, ‘Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.’ ³ So he married Gomer     daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.    ⁴ Then the Lord said to Hosea, ‘Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.’”

Hosea 1:6,8-9, ”Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, ‘Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them.’… ⁸ After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, Gomer had another son. ⁹ Then the Lord said, ‘Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not My people, and I am not your God.’”

2. Jezreel means ______________ or __________________, but here, it is referring to a place, a town named Jezreel.

See 2 Kings 9:6-10

3. Lo-Ruhamah means ______________ or ________________.
4. Lo-Ammi means ___________________________________.
5. This is something we don’t often think about. There are                  ___________________ for our decisions, our choices, in relation to _____________.