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Hosea 3 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This chapter focuses on the meaning of the illustration of Hosea's marriage. It is a very short chapter written in prose to show the truth of Israel's relationship with Yahweh. After bearing a number of children for Hosea, Gomer leaves him and prostitutes herself with other men, showing little to no regard for their marriage covenant. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant)
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Metaphor
This chapter contains a continuation of the metaphor played out in chapter 2. Hosea is told to go and buy his wife out of slavery. Gomer must have been captured and held as a slave due to her adulterous activity. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/adultery)