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Hosea 1:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Hosea 1:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
I. The Prophet’s Marriage and Its Symbolism
Marriage of Hosea and Gomer. 2 When the Lord began to speak with Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: Go, get for yourself a woman of prostitution[a] and children of prostitution, for the land prostitutes itself,(A) turning away from the Lord.
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- 1:2 A woman of prostitution: this does not necessarily mean that Gomer was a prostitute when Hosea married her; the verse describes the event in its final consequences. Prostitution here may refer to Gomer’s participation in the worship of other gods.
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