VI. THE MAN AND THE PROPHET 73 1. THE MAN AND HIS DISCIPLINE (i. 1; iii. 3-8; vii. 14, 15). 2. THE WORD AND ITS ORIGINS (i. 2; iii. 3-8; and _passim_). 3. THE PROPHET AND HIS MINISTRY (vii.; viii. 1-4). VII. ATROCITIES AND ATROCITIES 121 AMOS i. 3-ii. VIII. CIVILISATION AND JUDGMENT 141 AMOS iii.-iv. 3. IX. THE FALSE PEACE OF RITUAL 156 AMOS iv. 4-vi. 1. FOR WORSHIP, CHASTISEMENT (iv. 4-13). 2. FOR WORSHIP, JUSTICE (v.). 3. "AT EASE IN ZION" (vi.). 4. A FRAGMENT FROM THE PLAGUE (vi. 9, 10). X. DOOM OR DISCIPLINE? 181 AMOS viii. 4-ix. 1. EARTHQUAKE, ECLIPSE AND FAMINE (viii. 4-14). 2. NEMESIS (ix. 1-6). 3. THE VOICES OF ANOTHER DAWN (ix. 7-15). XI. COMMON-SENSE AND THE REIGN OF LAW 196 AMOS iii. 3-8; iv. 6-13; v. 8, 9; vi. 12; viii. 8; ix. 5, 6. _HOSEA_ XII. THE BOOK OF HOSEA 211 XIII. THE PROBLEM THAT AMOS LEFT 227 XIV. THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL WIFE 232 HOSEA i.-iii. XV. THE THICK NIGHT OF ISRAEL 253 HOSEA iv.-xiv. XVI. A PEOPLE IN DECAY: I. MORALLY 255 HOSEA iv.-vii. 7. 1. THE LORD'S QUARREL WITH ISRAEL (iv.). 2. PRIESTS AND PRINCES FAIL (v. 1-14). 3. REPENTANCE FAILS (v. 15-vii. 2). 4. WICKEDNESS IN HIGH PLACES (vii. 3-7). XVII. A PEOPLE IN DECAY: II. POLITICALLY 269 HOSEA vii. 8-x. 1. THE CONFUSION OF THE NATION (vii. 8-viii. 3). 2. ARTIFICIAL KINGS AND ARTIFICIAL GODS (viii. 4-13). 3. THE EFFECTS OF EXILE (ix. 1-9). 4. "THE CORRUPTION THAT IS THROUGH LUST" (ix. 10-17). 5. ONCE MORE: PUPPET-KINGS AND PUPPET-GODS (x.). XVIII. THE FATHERHOOD AND HUMANITY OF GOD 290 HOSEA xi. XIX. THE FINAL ARGUMENT 299 HOSEA xii.-xiv. 1. 1. THE PEOPLE AND THEIR FATHER JACOB (xii.). 2. THE LAST JUDGMENT (xiii.-xiv. 1). XX. "I WILL BE AS THE DEW" 308 HOSEA xiv. 2-10. XXI. THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD 318 HOSEA _passim_. XXII. REPENTANCE 333