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Connecting Statement:
In this section Paul explains how Israel's unbelief as a nation was told ahead of time by the prophet Hosea.
As he says also in Hosea
Here "he" refers to God. Alternate translation: "As God says also in the book that Hosea wrote" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
Hosea
Hosea was a prophet. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
I will call my people who were not my people
"I will choose for my people those who were not my people"
her beloved who was not beloved
Here "her" refers to Hosea's wife, Gomer, who represents the nation of Israel. You can translate this in an active form. Alternate translation: "I will choose her whom I did not love to be one whom I love" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)