Hosea.
Hosea.
The first among the minor prophets is Hosea. Although his prophecy has more chapters than that of Daniel, yet he yields to Daniel in length. 
means “savior,” and he is so called because he announced salvation to the house of Judah and was supposed to be a type of Christ, the Savior. In Synops., Dorotheus notes that he was born in the town of Belemoth of the tribe of Issachar; Drusius (on Hosea, part 3) reads “Bethshemesh,” which he lists among the cities of that tribe (see Josh. 19:22). Jerome approves this and writes: “Hosea was born of the tribe of Issachar in Bethshemesh.” These words are quoted in the Glossa ordinaria on Josh. 1:1. His father is called Beeri (Hosea 1:1), but his estate and situation are unknown. The rabbinic scholars have the rule: “When the name of his father is expressed in the beginning of any prophet, we take it to mean that the father was a prophet.” This rule, however, has not been proved with sufficient strength.
Hosea prophesied before the Babylonian captivity at the time of King Jeroboam under four kings of Judah: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. He was a contemporary of Jonah (2 Kings 14:[25]), of Isaiah (Isa. 1:1), of Amos (Amos 1:1), and of Micah (Mic. 1:1)—all of whom foretold destruction for the kingdom of Israel. Jerome speaks as follows regarding this prophet’s style (Prolog. super duod. prophetas): “Hosea is chopped up and speaks as if in [individual] statements.” Augustine, De civit. Dei, bk. 18, c. 28: “The more deeply the prophet Hosea speaks, the more difficult it is to penetrate him.”
The book has fourteen chapters, and we can divide it into the title and the prophecy itself, which uses both invective and comforting discourse.