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# General Information:
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Yahweh is speaking to Hosea.
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# lawsuit
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This is a complaint by one person against another person in a court of law.
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# your mother
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Here "mother" refers to the nation of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# for she is not my wife
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Yahweh is stating that Israel, spoken of here as a woman, is no longer acting like a wife to Yahweh. Instead Israel has turned away from following and worshiping him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# neither am I her husband
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Yahweh can no longer be in relationship with the nation of Israel as a husband would be to his wife. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# her acts of adultery
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A wife who is adulterous leaves her husband to sleep with another man. This is how Israel was acting toward Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# from between her breasts
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This imagery suggests that Israel is relying on the idols and not Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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