1. Portray the significance of Hosea's circumstance (marriage) to the defiant country of Israel. How did this present prophet's marriage and life identify with that of the country?
2. Compare and differentiate the activities of King Ahaz (2 Kings 16:1-9; 17:6) and King Hezekiah (Isaiah 36:1-2; 37:1-6; 15-20; 37:36-37) in the Assyrian clashes with old Israel. What did every ruler do notwithstanding peril? How does the Bible judge these two lords and why?