Bible passages

Hosea 10:1–15

Break Up the Ground and Sow What Is Right

Follow the farming pictures from prosperity to a call for different planting.

Hosea 11:1–7

God Taught His Loved Child to Walk

Look at the small actions used to describe God’s care.

Hosea 11:8–12

Compassion Calls the Trembling Children Home

Notice compassion spoken without pretending the deceit has ended.

Hosea 12:1–14

Dishonest Scales and the Call to Kindness and Justice

Notice how the chapter tests the claim that wealth proves innocence.

Hosea 13:1–8

Full Pastures, Forgotten Care and Vanishing Strength

Notice the change from being fed to forgetting the giver.

Hosea 13:9–14

The Failed King and a Difficult Word about Death

Read the rescue declaration together with the severe words around it.

Hosea 13:15–16

Samaria’s Drying Springs and Horrific War Warning

This very short warning needs an adult because of its explicit wartime violence.

Hosea 14:1–3

Return with Words and Look for Mercy

Notice the words the people are invited to bring.

Hosea 14:4–9

Healing Love, Deep Roots and Fruit from God

Follow the plant pictures toward the final question about wisdom.

Joel 1:1–7

Remember the Crops Stripped Again and Again

Notice how the opening asks people to remember a devastating loss.

Joel 1:8–12

Fields, Offerings and Joy Have Withered

Notice how the poem connects worship, work and joy.

Joel 1:13–20

Gather and Cry Out from the Dry Land

Listen to the shared call for help and the single voice that answers it.

Joel 2:1–11

The Trumpet Alarm and the Unstoppable Advance

Notice how sound, movement and darkness build the alarm.

Joel 2:12–17

Return with Your Heart and Gather to Ask for Mercy

Notice the hope offered without a guaranteed outcome to demand.

Joel 2:18–27

Rain, Food and Restored Locust-Eaten Years

Notice the land and animals being invited into the new joy.

Joel 2:28–32

God’s Spirit for Sons, Daughters, Elders and Servants

Notice every group named before the signs and rescue promise.

Joel 3:1–16

The Nations Face Judgement for Trading People

With an adult, notice both the named injustices and the severity of their reversal.

Joel 3:17–21

God Is in Zion, and Water Flows

Notice the repeated statement that God dwells in Zion.

Amos 1:1–15

Five Neighbours Face Charges of Cruelty

Listen for the repeated pattern, then notice each different charge.

Amos 2:1–16

Israel’s Exploitation and Silenced Warnings Are Judged

Notice how the warning moves from neighbouring peoples to Israel itself.

Amos 3:1–15

Chosen Israel Must Hear the Warning

Follow the everyday questions to the warning they introduce.

Amos 4:1–13

Boastful Worship and the Repeated Refusal to Return

Notice the repeated sentence after each remembered hardship.

Amos 5:1–3

A Lament for Fallen Israel and the Few Left

Hear the three verses as a mourning song, without adding a recovery scene.

Amos 5:4–15

Seek God and Give the Needy a Fair Hearing

Notice what seeking God requires in the courts and streets.