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Hosea and Gomer Quiz

Test how well you remember the story of Hosea and Gomer, from Hosea 1-3. Each question is answered directly from the passage, and the King James verse is shown with every answer. Complete the quiz to unlock a free 7-day prayer guide!

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  1. Who was Hosea's father?
    • Amoz
    • Beeri
    • Pethuel
    • Hilkiah
  2. Whose daughter was Gomer?
    • Diblaim
    • Jehu
    • Joash
    • Jeroboam
  3. What reason did God give for telling Hosea to take this wife?
    • Hosea had sinned
    • Gomer was a king's daughter
    • The land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD
    • Hosea needed an heir
  4. What was the name of Hosea's first son?
    • Lo-ammi
    • Ammi
    • Beeri
    • Jezreel
  5. Why was the daughter named Lo-ruhamah?
    • For I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel
    • Because she was born in Jezreel
    • Because she was the youngest
    • For the LORD hath remembered me
  6. What did the name Lo-ammi say to Israel?
    • Ye are my chosen
    • Ye are not my people
    • Ye shall be many
    • Ye shall return
  7. What would be said in the place where they were called not my people?
    • Ye are a holy nation
    • Ye are forgiven
    • Ye are the children of Abraham
    • Ye are the sons of the living God
  8. What did God say he would make the valley of Achor?
    • A place of judgment
    • A field of wheat
    • A door of hope
    • A city of refuge
  9. How much silver did Hosea pay to buy her?
    • Thirty pieces
    • Fifteen pieces
    • Fifty shekels
    • A talent
  10. What does Hosea 3 say Israel would do afterward?
    • Return, and seek the LORD their God
    • Build a new temple in Samaria
    • Make a covenant with Egypt
    • Choose a new king of their own

Hosea and Gomer Quiz Answers & Bible References

Every answer below, with the King James Bible verse it comes from — so you can look up each one for yourself.

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  1. Who was Hosea's father?

    Beeri

    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.

    hosea 1:1 (KJV)

  2. Whose daughter was Gomer?

    Diblaim

    So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

    hosea 1:3 (KJV)

  3. What reason did God give for telling Hosea to take this wife?

    The land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD

    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.

    hosea 1:2 (KJV)

  4. What was the name of Hosea's first son?

    Jezreel

    And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

    hosea 1:4 (KJV)

  5. Why was the daughter named Lo-ruhamah?

    For I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel

    And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

    hosea 1:6 (KJV)

  6. What did the name Lo-ammi say to Israel?

    Ye are not my people

    Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

    hosea 1:9 (KJV)

  7. What would be said in the place where they were called not my people?

    Ye are the sons of the living God

    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

    hosea 1:10 (KJV)

  8. What did God say he would make the valley of Achor?

    A door of hope

    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.

    hosea 2:15 (KJV)

  9. How much silver did Hosea pay to buy her?

    Fifteen pieces

    So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

    hosea 3:2 (KJV)

  10. What does Hosea 3 say Israel would do afterward?

    Return, and seek the LORD their God

    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.

    hosea 3:5 (KJV)