## As he says also in Hosea ##

AT: "As God says also in the book Hosea wrote"

## Hosea ##

Hosea was a prophet. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

## "I will call my people who were not my people ##

AT: "I will choose people who were not my people to be my people"

## and her beloved who was not beloved ##

AT: "and I will choose her whom I did not love to be one whom I love"

## sons of the living God ##

The word "living" may refer to the fact that God is the only "true" God, and not like the false idols. AT: "children of the true God" (UDB).