Reading the Bible Through

Joel 3 - Amos 2   Where does Joel come from all of the sudden? In Amos, it seems to me that the Lord has seen what all countries have done and will treat them accordingly. 

Hosea 12- Joel 2   Walk in the ways of the Lord.  Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved!! God will pour out his Spirit!!  We will prophecy and have dreams!!

Hosea 9 - 11   The Lord continues to call with love even while, or maybe after, meting out punishment for idolatry. 

Hosea 6 - 8   When it talks of the calf of Samaria, I'm thinking that's related to the calf that Aaron made way back when. When Moses comes down from the mountain then, it sounds like he puts an end to the calf. Here it looks like some continued to worship a calf. 

Hosea 3 - 5   So, is Hosea getting back Gomer his wife or is this a different woman entirely?  I find myself wondering if the sin of idolatry is related to the sin of pride? Both seem prominent sins to me. Perhaps, the sin of pride is making ourselves the idol while the sin of idolatry is having something/anything in the place where God should be.   Throughout the old testament, it seems to me that God compares idolatry to prostituting one's self. 

Daniel 12 - Hosea 2   I always think it's interesting that God tells Hosea to marry a prostitute. Shouldn't this woman have been stoned according to the law?