This book describes Israel as a "heifer" but notes that "Yahweh will now graze them as a lamb in the pasture", while another part briefly tells of a band of murdering priests near Shechem.  Authorship of this book is usually credited to the father of Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, and
This book describes Israel as a "heifer" but notes that "Yahweh will now graze them as a lamb in the pasture", while another part briefly tells of a band of murdering priests near Shechem.  Authorship of this book is usually credited to the father of Jezreel, Lo-ruhamah, and Lo-ammi, whose symbolic names were to signify the imminent fall of the ruling dynasty and the severed covenant between God and Israel. This book also recounts the destruction of Samaria and references the wars that led to the Assyrian capture of the Northern Kingdom of Israel.  For 10 points, name this first book in the Book of the Twelve or its author, the minor prophet of the eighth century BC who took the prostitute Gomer for a wife.
This book describes Israel as a "heifer" but notes that "Yahweh will now graze them as a lamb in the pasture", while another part briefly tells of a band of murdering priests near Shechem.  