Download audio Israel rebuked Hosea 2 verses 2 through 5 “Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adulterous look from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. Otherwise I will strip her naked and make her as bare as […]
Download audio PART ONE The Prophet’s Marriage (Chapter 1 verse 1 through Chapter 3 verse 5) The prophet’s wife Hosea Chapter 1 verses 1 through 3 The word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of […]
Download audio Author INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA The Bible does not mention the prophet Hosea outside his own book. There he calls himself “son of Beeri” (1 verse 1) to distinguish himself from other Israelites with the same given name. He shares his name, which means “salvation,” with Hoshea, the last king of Israel (the Hebrew […]
Download audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – Hosea by Paul E. Eickmann. Published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 1989. EDITOR’S PREFACE EDITOR’S PREFACE The People’s Bible is just what the name implies—a Bible for the people. It includes the complete text of the Holy Scriptures in the popular […]
Download audio The day of the Lord in the valley of decision Joel 3 verses 14 through 16 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine. The LORD will roar […]
Download audio The outpouring of the Spirit Joel 2 verses 28 through 32 “And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my […]
Download audio PART TWO A Promise to Avert Judgment and to Send a Blessing (chapter 2 verse 18 through chapter 3 verse 21) The Lord’s answer: an end to locusts and drought Joel 2 verses 18 through 20 Then the LORD will be jealous for his land and take pity on his people. The LORD […]
Download audio The locust army Joel 2 verses 3 through 11 Before them fire devours, behind them a flame blazes. Before them the land is like the garden of Eden, behind them, a desert waste— nothing escapes them. They have the appearance of horses; they gallop along like cavalry. With a noise like that of […]
Download audio The day of the Lord Joel 1 verses 15 through 20 Alas for that day! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes— joy and gladness from the house of our God? The seeds […]
Download audio PART ONE A Call to Mourning and Repentance (chapter 1 verse 1 through 2 verse 17) A summons to witness the locust plague Joel 1 verses 1 through 4 The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel. Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has […]