Bible Reading

Hosea 8-14 Aug30-Sep5 Answers

30\Hosea 8

Israel was setting up kings without?

Hos 8:4 They set up kings without my consent; they choose princes without my approval. With their silver and gold they make idols for themselves to their own destruction. NIV

Who is like a worthless thing?

Hos 8:8 Israel is swallowed up; now she is among the nations like a worthless thing. NIV

Who forgot his Maker?

Hos 8:14 Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has fortified many towns. But I will send fire upon their cities that will consume their fortresses." NIV

31\Hosea 9

Israel was full of sin, what was the prophet and inspired man considered to be?

Hos 9:7 The days of punishment are coming, the days of reckoning are at hand. Let Israel know this. Because your sins are so many and your hostility so great, the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired man a maniac. NIV

What would happen to Ephraim’s glory?

Hos 9:11 Ephraim's glory will fly away like a bird- no birth, no pregnancy, no conception. NIV

Because Ephraim disobeyed God, God would.... them.

Hos 9:17 My God will reject them because they have not obeyed him; they will be wanderers among the nations. NIV

1\Hosea 10 

“The Lord will demolish their altars and destroy their __________.”

Hos 10:2 Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will demolish their altars and destroy their sacred stones. NIV

How was Israel’s heart?

Hos 10:2 Their heart is deceitful, and now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will demolish their altars and destroy their sacred stones. NIV

What were they to sow so that they could reap the fruit of unfailing love?

Hos 10:12 Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of unfailing love, and break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the LORD, until he comes and showers righteousness on you. NIV

2\Hosea 11

The more God called Israel, what did Israel do?

Hos 11:2 But the more I called Israel, the further they went from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images. NIV

When God roars, what will happen?

Hos 11:10 They will follow the LORD; he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west. NIV

Who was unruly against God?

Hos 11:12 Ephraim has surrounded me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit. And Judah is unruly against God, even against the faithful Holy One. NIV

3\Hosea 12

What did Ephraim boast?

Hos 12:8 Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich; I have become wealthy. With all my wealth they will not find in me any iniquity or sin." NIV

Whose people are worthless?

Hos 12:11 Is Gilead wicked? Its people are worthless! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Their altars will be like piles of stones on a plowed field. NIV

What did the Lord use to bring Israel up from Egypt?

Hos 12:13 The LORD used a prophet to bring Israel up from Egypt, by a prophet he cared for him. NIV

4\Hosea 13

What did Ephraim become guilty of?

Hos 13:1 When Ephraim spoke, men trembled; he was exalted in Israel. But he became guilty of Baal worship and died. NIV

They offer human sacrifice and kiss the...?

Hos 13:2 Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves from their silver, 

cleverly fashioned images, all of them the work of craftsmen. 

It is said of these people, "They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calf-idols." NIV

What about the guilt of Epraim?

Hos 13:12 The guilt of Ephraim is stored up, his sins are kept on record. NIV

5\Hosea 14

What was Israel’s downfall? 

Hos 14:1 Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall! NIV

“Forgive all our sins and receive us _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,”

Hos 14:2 Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to him: "Forgive all our sins and receive us graciously, that we may offer the fruit of our lips. NIV

The ways of the Lord are _ _ _ _ _.

Hos 14:9 Who is wise? He will realize these things. Who is discerning? He will understand them. The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them. 

Joel 1- Amos 4 Sept 6-12 Answers

6\Joel 1

What was the name of Joel’s Father?

Joel 1:1 The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel. NIV

In their repentance, what were they to do about eating verse 14?

Joel 1:14 Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. NIV

“Even the wild animals _ _ _ _ for you;”

Joel 1:20 Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up and fire has devoured the open pastures. NIV

7\Joel 2

God relents from sending what?

Joel 2:13 Rend your heart and not your garments. Return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in love, and he relents from sending calamity. 

Be not afraid, O land; be glad and rejoice. .... finish?

Joel 2:21 Be not afraid, O land; be glad and rejoice. Surely the LORD has done great things. NIV

Where does it say everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved?

Reminder that the word for call means to worship God as He is...

Joel 2:32 And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has said, among the survivors whom the LORD calls. NIV

8\Joel 3

What terrible things did the Israelites do with their boys and girls?

Joel 3:3 They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes; they sold girls for wine that they might drink. NIV

The Lord will be a refuge for whom?

Joel 3:16 The LORD will roar from Zion and thunder from Jerusalem; the earth and the sky will tremble. But the LORD will be a refuge for his people, a stronghold for the people of Israel. 

What will happen to the blood guilt of Judah?

Joel 3:21 Their bloodguilt, which I have not pardoned, I will pardon.' The LORD dwells in Zion!

9\Amos 1

What occupation was Amos in?

Amos 1:1 The words of Amos, one of the shepherds of Tekoa-what he saw concerning Israel two years before the earthquake, when Uzziah was king of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel. NIV

What did Tyre do that was bad?

Amos 1:9 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Tyre, even for four, I will not turn back [my wrath]. Because she sold whole communities of captives to Edom, disregarding a treaty of brotherhood, NIV

Who pursued his brother with a sword?

Amos 1:11This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Edom, even for four, I will not turn back [my wrath]. Because he pursued his brother with a sword, stifling all compassion, because his anger raged continually and his fury flamed unchecked, NIV

10\Amos 2

The Israelites sell the needy for a pair of?

Amos 2:6 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Israel, even for four, I will not turn back [my wrath]. They sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of sandals. NIV

The Amorite was as tall as the _ _ _ _ _ and strong as the _ _ _ _. 

Amos 2:9 "I destroyed the Amorite before them, though he was tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks. 

I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below. NIV

How long was Israel in the desert?

Amos 2:10 "I brought you up out of Egypt, and I led you forty years in the desert to give you the land of the Amorites. NIV

11\Amos 3

Who did the Lord speak against?

Amos 3:1 Hear this word the LORD has spoken against you, O people of Israel-against the whole family I brought up out of Egypt: NIV

To Whom did the Lord reveal his plan?

Amos 3:7 Surely the Sovereign LORD does nothing without revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. NIV

When would God destroy the altars of Bethel?

Amos 3:14 "On the day I punish Israel for her sins, I will destroy the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. NIV

12\Amos 4

What are the women of Bashan called?

Amos 4:1 Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to your husbands, "Bring us some drinks!" 

What devoured the fig and olive trees?

Amos 4:9 "Many times I struck your gardens and vineyards, I struck them with blight and mildew. Locusts devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD. 

According to verse 13 who forms the mountains?

Amos 4:13 He who forms the mountains, creates the wind, and reveals his thoughts to man, he who turns dawn to darkness, and treads the high places of the earth- the LORD God Almighty is his name. NIV