HOSEA—NOTE ON Hosea 2:2 Perhaps the declaration that she is not my wife, and I am not her husband should be read as a threat, rather than an actual divorce. Otherwise, Hosea would have no right to issue the warnings and threats that follow. The marriage between God and Israel has not ended. The covenant made with Israel contains a way for Israel to be restored. She only needs to put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts.

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