50 Book of Hosea Bible Quiz Questions

Hosea's own marriage became a picture of God's faithful love for unfaithful Israel. Test what you know about this prophet.

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Easy questions

  1. Question 1Easy

    Ephraim is described as a "silly dove" calling to which two nations?

    Answer: A. Egypt and AssyriaHosea 7:11
    Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
  2. Question 2Easy

    God gave Israel a king in His anger, and took him away in His wrath.

    Answer: TrueHosea 13:11
    I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
  3. Question 3Easy

    In the book of Hosea, God accused Israel of having no faithfulness, no love, and no knowledge of God.

    Answer: TrueHosea 4:1
    Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
  4. Question 4Easy

    God punished Israel because they burned incense to the Baals.

    Answer: TrueHosea 2:13
    And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.
  5. Question 5Easy

    God said through Hosea: 'I desire sacrifice, not mercy.'

    Answer: FalseHosea 6:6
    For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
  6. Question 6Easy

    Israel has been swallowed up and is now among the nations like a worthless thing.

    Answer: TrueHosea 8:8
    Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.
  7. Question 7Easy

    Hosea urged the people to return to the Lord, trusting that He would heal their wounds.

    Answer: TrueHosea 6:1
    Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  8. Question 8Easy

    In the book of Hosea, Ephraim will say, 'What more have I to do with idols?'

    Answer: TrueHosea 14:8
    Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
  9. Question 9Easy

    What detestable act did the people of Israel do to their calf idols?

    Answer: C. Kissed themHosea 13:2
    And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
  10. Question 10Easy

    The Lord told Hosea that the land was guilty of the vilest adultery in departing from Him.

    Answer: TrueHosea 1:2
    The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

Medium questions

  1. Question 11Medium

    In the book of Hosea, because Israel is stubborn, like what animal does the Lord ask if He can pasture them in a meadow?

    Answer: B. LambHosea 4:16
    For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
  2. Question 12Medium

    According to the prophet Hosea, what did the people of Israel consult for guidance instead of God?

    Answer: C. A wooden idolHosea 4:12
    My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
  3. Question 13Medium

    In the future, God said Israel would call Him "my husband" instead of what?

    Answer: A. My master (Baali)Hosea 2:16
    And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.
  4. Question 14Medium

    According to the prophet Hosea, Israel is compared to which faulty weapon?

    Answer: C. A faulty bowHosea 7:16
    They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt.
  5. Question 15Medium

    In the final chapter of Hosea, what is Israel told to do?

    Answer: A. Return to the LordHosea 14:1
    O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
  6. Question 16Medium

    According to Hosea, God said: 'My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.'

    Answer: TrueHosea 4:6
    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
  7. Question 17Medium

    The book of Hosea ends by stating that the ways of the Lord are right, and the righteous walk in them.

    Answer: TrueHosea 14:9
    Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
  8. Question 18Medium

    Hosea declared that God would reject Israel because they had not obeyed Him.

    Answer: TrueHosea 9:17
    My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
  9. Question 19Medium

    What did God compare Ephraim's love to?

    Answer: C. A morning cloud and early dewHosea 6:4
    O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
  10. Question 20Medium

    According to the prophet Hosea, the sins of Israel caused even the fish of the sea to perish.

    Answer: TrueHosea 4:3
    Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
  11. Question 21Medium

    In the book of Hosea, God promised to take away the grain and new wine from Israel in their season.

    Answer: TrueHosea 2:9
    Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
  12. Question 22Medium

    The prophet Hosea compared Ephraim to what type of bread?

    Answer: A. A cake not turned overHosea 7:8
    Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned.
  13. Question 23Medium

    In the book of Hosea, God said He longed to redeem Israel, but they spoke lies against Him.

    Answer: TrueHosea 7:13
    Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me.
  14. Question 24Medium

    Hosea states that Ephraim has surrounded God with lies and deceit.

    Answer: TrueHosea 11:12
    Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints.
  15. Question 25Medium

    Ephraim's hair is described as turning what color without him noticing, signifying decay?

    Answer: B. GrayHosea 7:9
    Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not.
  16. Question 26Medium

    Ephraim is compared to a trained heifer that loves to do what?

    Answer: D. Thresh grainHosea 10:11
    And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.
  17. Question 27Medium

    Through the prophet Hosea, how did God describe leading Israel?

    Answer: B. With cords of human kindnessHosea 11:4
    I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
  18. Question 28Medium

    In the book of Hosea, Israel did not realize that God provided their grain, wine, and oil, using them instead for which deity?

    Answer: D. BaalHosea 2:8
    For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.
  19. Question 29Medium

    Complete the verse from Hosea: 'They sow the wind and reap the...'

    Answer: C. WhirlwindHosea 8:7
    For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
  20. Question 30Medium

    Israel forgot their Maker and built what?

    Answer: C. PalacesHosea 8:14
    For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
  21. Question 31Medium

    God wrote down many things from His law for Israel, but they considered them something alien.

    Answer: TrueHosea 8:12
    I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing.
  22. Question 32Medium

    According to the prophet Hosea, what will grow over the ruined altars of Israel?

    Answer: A. Thorns and thistlesHosea 10:8
    The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us.
  23. Question 33Medium

    Hosea prophesied that the people of Judah and Israel would be reunited under one leader.

    Answer: TrueHosea 1:11
    Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
  24. Question 34Medium

    When God first found Israel, He compared them to finding what in the desert?

    Answer: C. GrapesHosea 9:10
    I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
  25. Question 35Medium

    Hosea prophesied during the reigns of kings from both Judah and Israel.

    Answer: TrueHosea 1:1
    The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Hard questions

  1. Question 36Hard

    Through the prophet Hosea, though Israel commits adultery, which nation does God warn not to become guilty?

    Answer: D. JudahHosea 4:15
    Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
  2. Question 37Hard

    What valley did God promise to make a "door of hope" for Israel?

    Answer: B. Valley of AchorHosea 2:15
    And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
  3. Question 38Hard

    God says He will attack Israel like what animal robbed of her cubs?

    Answer: C. A bearHosea 13:8
    I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
  4. Question 39Hard

    To what does the prophet Hosea compare the hearts of the adulterous people?

    Answer: A. A heated ovenHosea 7:4-6
    They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
  5. Question 40Hard

    In the book of Hosea, God promises to be like what to Israel, causing them to blossom like a lily?

    Answer: A. The dewHosea 14:5
    I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
  6. Question 41Hard

    In the book of Hosea, where did God command the trumpet and horn to be sounded to warn of judgment?

    Answer: A. Gibeah and RamahHosea 5:8
    Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
  7. Question 42Hard

    Hosea prophesied that Israel would eventually seek the Lord and which king?

    Answer: B. DavidHosea 3:5
    Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
  8. Question 43Hard

    In the book of Hosea, Israel is compared to what type of spreading plant that yielded fruit for itself?

    Answer: C. A vineHosea 10:1
    Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.
  9. Question 44Hard

    According to the prophet Hosea, to which country will Israel return because God did not accept their sacrifices?

    Answer: D. EgyptHosea 8:13
    They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.
  10. Question 45Hard

    In the book of Hosea, by what means did the Lord bring Israel out of Egypt?

    Answer: C. A prophetHosea 12:13
    And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved.
  11. Question 46Hard

    In the book of Hosea, what did the Israelites love besides other gods?

    Answer: C. Sacred raisin cakesHosea 3:1
    Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
  12. Question 47Hard

    When the Lord roars like a lion, from where will His children come trembling?

    Answer: D. The westHosea 11:10
    They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
  13. Question 48Hard

    In the book of Hosea, when Ephraim saw his sickness, to whom did he go for help?

    Answer: A. AssyriaHosea 5:13
    When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
  14. Question 49Hard

    What specifically did Hosea say would happen to the calf idol of Samaria?

    Answer: A. It will be broken to piecesHosea 8:6
    For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces.
  15. Question 50Hard

    In the book of Hosea, the following passage is often seen as a prophecy of the resurrection: 'After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us.'

    Answer: TrueHosea 6:2
    After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

Answer key

  1. A. Egypt and Assyria (Hosea 7:11)
  2. True (Hosea 13:11)
  3. True (Hosea 4:1)
  4. True (Hosea 2:13)
  5. False (Hosea 6:6)
  6. True (Hosea 8:8)
  7. True (Hosea 6:1)
  8. True (Hosea 14:8)
  9. C. Kissed them (Hosea 13:2)
  10. True (Hosea 1:2)
  11. B. Lamb (Hosea 4:16)
  12. C. A wooden idol (Hosea 4:12)
  13. A. My master (Baali) (Hosea 2:16)
  14. C. A faulty bow (Hosea 7:16)
  15. A. Return to the Lord (Hosea 14:1)
  16. True (Hosea 4:6)
  17. True (Hosea 14:9)
  18. True (Hosea 9:17)
  19. C. A morning cloud and early dew (Hosea 6:4)
  20. True (Hosea 4:3)
  21. True (Hosea 2:9)
  22. A. A cake not turned over (Hosea 7:8)
  23. True (Hosea 7:13)
  24. True (Hosea 11:12)
  25. B. Gray (Hosea 7:9)
  26. D. Thresh grain (Hosea 10:11)
  27. B. With cords of human kindness (Hosea 11:4)
  28. D. Baal (Hosea 2:8)
  29. C. Whirlwind (Hosea 8:7)
  30. C. Palaces (Hosea 8:14)
  31. True (Hosea 8:12)
  32. A. Thorns and thistles (Hosea 10:8)
  33. True (Hosea 1:11)
  34. C. Grapes (Hosea 9:10)
  35. True (Hosea 1:1)
  36. D. Judah (Hosea 4:15)
  37. B. Valley of Achor (Hosea 2:15)
  38. C. A bear (Hosea 13:8)
  39. A. A heated oven (Hosea 7:4-6)
  40. A. The dew (Hosea 14:5)
  41. A. Gibeah and Ramah (Hosea 5:8)
  42. B. David (Hosea 3:5)
  43. C. A vine (Hosea 10:1)
  44. D. Egypt (Hosea 8:13)
  45. C. A prophet (Hosea 12:13)
  46. C. Sacred raisin cakes (Hosea 3:1)
  47. D. The west (Hosea 11:10)
  48. A. Assyria (Hosea 5:13)
  49. A. It will be broken to pieces (Hosea 8:6)
  50. True (Hosea 6:2)
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What is the Book of Hosea about?

Hosea is the twenty-eighth book of the Bible. Hosea prophesied mainly to the northern kingdom of Israel. God told him to marry Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, as a sign of how Israel had been unfaithful to the Lord (Hosea 1:2–3). Their children were given names that carried messages to the nation, such as Loammi, because God said, "ye are not my people" (Hosea 1:9).

Later God told Hosea to love his wife again and he bought her back, just as the Lord loved Israel though they turned to other gods (Hosea 3:1–2). Hosea warns that "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" (Hosea 4:6). Yet the book is full of tender love. God remembers calling Israel out of Egypt as a son and asks, "How shall I give thee up, Ephraim?" (Hosea 11:1; 11:8). It ends with a call to return to the Lord and a promise of healing (Hosea 14:1–4).

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