: ''{{web_verse|hosea|11|8}}''
: ''{{web_verse|hosea|11|9}}''
Hosea ends with great hope with [[Hosea 14:4]] stating: ''{{web_verse|hosea|14|4}}''.
====Hosea in the light of the New Testament====
Hosea reveals an amazing [[God is love|God of love]]. This theme permeates throughout the [[New Testament]] in passages like [[John 3:16]] and [[1 John 4:8]].
Both the apostles [[apostle Paul|Paul]] and [[apostle Peter|Peter]] show, using Hosea, that God's love extends to the Gentiles and that he wants to make them his children.
* ''{{web_verse|romans|9|25}} {{web_verse|romans|9|26}} ([[Romans 9]]:25-26)
* ''{{web_verse|1 Peter|2|10}}'' ([[1 Peter 2:10]])
==Quotes==