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Commentary on Hosea

Commentary on Hosea

by John Calvin

John Calvin (1509–1564) was a French theologian who became the leading figure of the Reformation in Geneva. Trained in law and humanist scholarship, he published the first edition of his Institutes of the Christian Religion in 1536, at twenty-six, and spent his life preaching, lecturing, and organizing the Genevan church. His commentaries on nearly the whole Bible and the final 1559 Institutes anchor our Reformed collection.

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First published
1564
Category
Theology
Length
190k words · about 13 hours
Chapters
238

About this book

John Calvin's commentary on Hosea, the first of his expositions of the twelve minor prophets, in Henry Beveridge's English translation. Hosea's broken marriage becomes a living picture of God's covenant love for an unfaithful people, joining severe warnings of judgment with tender promises of restoration. Calvin explains the prophet's dense imagery carefully and applies it to repentance and faith.

Contents

  1. Commentary on Hosea
  2. Translator's Preface
  3. Calvin's Epistle Dedicatory
  4. Calvin's To the Reader
  5. Budaeus' To the Reader
  6. Crispin's To the Reader
  7. The Argument
  8. Hosea 1:1
  9. Hosea 1:2
  10. Prayer Lecture 1
  11. Hosea 1:3, 4
  12. Hosea 1:5
  13. Hosea 1:6
  14. Hosea 1:7
  15. Prayer Lecture 2
  16. Lecture third
  17. Hosea 1:8-9
  18. Hosea 1:10
  19. Hosea 1:11 🔒
  20. Prayer Lecture 3 🔒
  21. Hosea 2:1 🔒
  22. Hosea 2:2 🔒
  23. Hosea 2:3 🔒
  24. Hosea 2:4-5 🔒
  25. Prayer Lecture 4 🔒
  26. Lecture fifth 🔒
  27. Hosea 2:6 🔒
  28. Hosea 2:7 🔒
  29. Hosea 2:8 🔒
  30. Hosea 2:10-12 🔒
  31. Prayer Lecture 5 🔒
  32. Lecture sixth 🔒
  33. Hosea 2:13 🔒
  34. Hosea 2:14 🔒
  35. Hosea 2:15 🔒
  36. Hosea 2:16 🔒
  37. Hosea 2:17 🔒
  38. Prayer Lecture 6 🔒
  39. Hosea 2:18 🔒
  40. Hosea 2:19-20 🔒
  41. Hosea 2:21-22 🔒
  42. Hosea 2:23 🔒
  43. Prayer Lecture 7 🔒
  44. Lecture eighth 🔒
  45. Hosea 3:1 🔒
  46. Hosea 3:2-5 🔒
  47. Prayer Lecture 8 🔒
  48. Lecture ninth 🔒
  49. Hosea 4:1-2 🔒
  50. Hosea 4:3 🔒
  51. Prayer Lecture 9 🔒
  52. Hosea 4:4 🔒
  53. Hosea 4:5 🔒
  54. Hosea 4:6 🔒
  55. Hosea 4:7 🔒
  56. Hosea 4:8 🔒
  57. Hosea 4:9-10 🔒
  58. Prayer Lecture 10 🔒
  59. Lecture eleventh 🔒
  60. Hosea 4:11 🔒
  61. Hosea 4:12 🔒
  62. Hosea 4:13-14 🔒
  63. Prayer Lecture 11 🔒
  64. Hosea 4:15 🔒
  65. Hosea 4:16 🔒
  66. Hosea 4:17 🔒
  67. Hosea 4:18 🔒
  68. Prayer Lecture 12 🔒
  69. Hosea 4:19 🔒
  70. Hosea 5:1 🔒
  71. Hosea 5:2 🔒
  72. Hosea 5:3 🔒
  73. Hosea 5:4 🔒
  74. Prayer Lecture 13 🔒
  75. Hosea 5:5 🔒
  76. Hosea 5:6 🔒
  77. Hosea 5:7 🔒
  78. Hosea 5:8 🔒
  79. Hosea 5:9 🔒
  80. Prayer Lecture 14 🔒
  81. Hosea 5:10 🔒
  82. Hosea 5:11 🔒
  83. Hosea 5:12 🔒
  84. Hosea 5:13 🔒
  85. Hosea 5:14 🔒
  86. Hosea 5:15 🔒
  87. Prayer Lecture 15 🔒
  88. Hosea 6:1 🔒
  89. Hosea 6:2 🔒
  90. Hosea 6:3 🔒
  91. Hosea 6:4 🔒
  92. Prayer Lecture 16 🔒
  93. Hosea 6:5 🔒
  94. Hosea 6:6-7 🔒
  95. Hosea 6:8 🔒
  96. Hosea 6:9 🔒
  97. Hosea 6:10-11 🔒
  98. Prayer Lecture 17 🔒
  99. Hosea 7:1 🔒
  100. Hosea 7:2 🔒
  101. Hosea 7:3 🔒
  102. Hosea 7:4 🔒
  103. Hosea 7:5 🔒
  104. Hosea 7:6 🔒
  105. Prayer Lecture 18 🔒
  106. Hosea 7:7 🔒
  107. Hosea 7:8 🔒
  108. Hosea 7:9 🔒
  109. Hosea 7:10 🔒
  110. Hosea 7:11-12 🔒
  111. Prayer Lecture 19 🔒
  112. Hosea 7:13 🔒
  113. Hosea 7:14 🔒
  114. Hosea 7:15 🔒
  115. Hosea 7:16 🔒
  116. Hosea 8:1 🔒
  117. Prayer Lecture 20 🔒
  118. Lecture twenty first 🔒
  119. Hosea 8:2-3 🔒
  120. Hosea 8:4 🔒
  121. Hosea 8:5 🔒
  122. Hosea 8:6 🔒
  123. Hosea 8:7 🔒
  124. Prayer Lecture 21 🔒
  125. Lecture twenty second 🔒
  126. Hosea 8:8 🔒
  127. Hosea 8:9-10 🔒
  128. Hosea 8:11 🔒
  129. Hosea 8:12 🔒
  130. Hosea 8:13 🔒
  131. Hosea 8:14 🔒
  132. Prayer Lecture 22 🔒
  133. Lecture twenty third 🔒
  134. Hosea 9:1 🔒
  135. Hosea 9:2 🔒
  136. Hosea 9:3 🔒
  137. Hosea 9:4 🔒
  138. Hosea 9:5 🔒
  139. Prayer Lecture 23 🔒
  140. Hosea 9:6 🔒
  141. Hosea 9:7 🔒
  142. Hosea 9:8 🔒
  143. Hosea 9:9 🔒
  144. Prayer Lecture 24 🔒
  145. Hosea 9:10 🔒
  146. Hosea 9:11-12 🔒
  147. Hosea 9:13 🔒
  148. Hosea 9:14 🔒
  149. Hosea 9:15 🔒
  150. Prayer Lecture 25 🔒
  151. Lecture twenty sixth 🔒
  152. Hosea 9:16 🔒
  153. Hosea 9:17 🔒
  154. Hosea 10:1 🔒
  155. Hosea 10:2 🔒
  156. Hosea 10:3 🔒
  157. Hosea 10:4 🔒
  158. Prayer Lecture 26 🔒
  159. Hosea 10:5 🔒
  160. Hosea 10:6 🔒
  161. Hosea 10:7 🔒
  162. Hosea 10:8 🔒
  163. Hosea 10:9 🔒
  164. Prayer Lecture 27 🔒
  165. Hosea 10:10 🔒
  166. Hosea 10:11 🔒
  167. Hosea 10:12 🔒
  168. Hosea 10:13 🔒
  169. Hosea 10:14-15 🔒
  170. Prayer Lecture 28 🔒
  171. Lecture twenty ninth 🔒
  172. Hosea 11:1 🔒
  173. Hosea 11:2 🔒
  174. Hosea 11:3 🔒
  175. Hosea 11:4 🔒
  176. Hosea 11:5 🔒
  177. Prayer Lecture 29 🔒
  178. Hosea 11:6 🔒
  179. Hosea 11:7 🔒
  180. Hosea 11:8-9 🔒
  181. Hosea 11:10-11 🔒
  182. Prayer Lecture 30 🔒
  183. Lecture thirty first 🔒
  184. Hosea 11:12 🔒
  185. Hosea 12:1 🔒
  186. Hosea 12:2 🔒
  187. Hosea 12:3-5 🔒
  188. Prayer Lecture 31 🔒
  189. Lecture thirty second 🔒
  190. Hosea 12:6-7 🔒
  191. Prayer Lecture 32 🔒
  192. Hosea 12:8 🔒
  193. Hosea 12:9 🔒
  194. Hosea 12:10 🔒
  195. Hosea 12:11 🔒
  196. Hosea 12:12-13 🔒
  197. Hosea 12:14 🔒
  198. Prayer Lecture 33 🔒
  199. Hosea 13:1 🔒
  200. Hosea 13:2 🔒
  201. Hosea 13:3 🔒
  202. Hosea 13:4-5 🔒
  203. Hosea 13:6 🔒
  204. Prayer Lecture 34 🔒
  205. Lecture thirty fifth 🔒
  206. Hosea 13:7-8 🔒
  207. Hosea 13:9-11 🔒
  208. Hosea 13:12-13 🔒
  209. Prayer Lecture 35 🔒
  210. Hosea 13:14 🔒
  211. Hosea 13:15 🔒
  212. Hosea 13:16 🔒
  213. Hosea 14:1-2 🔒
  214. Prayer Lecture 36 🔒
  215. Lecture thirty seventh 🔒
  216. Hosea 14:3 🔒
  217. Hosea 14:4 🔒
  218. Hosea 14:5 🔒
  219. Hosea 14:6-7 🔒
  220. Prayer Lecture 37 🔒
  221. Lecture thirty eighth 🔒
  222. Hosea 14:8 🔒
  223. Hosea 14:9 🔒
  224. Addenda to Hosea 🔒
  225. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 1 🔒
  226. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 2 🔒
  227. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 3 🔒
  228. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 4 🔒
  229. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 5 🔒
  230. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 6 🔒
  231. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 7 🔒
  232. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 8 🔒
  233. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 9 🔒
  234. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 10 🔒
  235. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 11 🔒
  236. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 12 🔒
  237. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 13 🔒
  238. Translation of Hosea · Chapter 14 🔒

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