Hosea was a prophet who lived out a painful parable: God told him to love an unfaithful wife, picturing God's own steadfast love for a wayward people. His book overflows with the promise, I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely.
Tender and meaningful, Hosea shares its root with the name of Jesus and means salvation.
Variants & nicknames
Hoshea, Osee
Hosea in the Bible
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.