Women of the Bible Challenge: Hosea

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I chose to do Hosea next, because I had read and fallen in love with Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers which was based off of Hosea.  How she wrote that book from this I understand, yet it completely blows my mind, but my interest was piqued.

Chapter 1
Gomer- Gomer is Hosea's adulteress wife whom God told him to marry.  She represents the land that continued to commit adultery by departing from God
     *she was the daughter of Diblaim
     *conceived and bore Hosea a son, Jezreel
     *conceived and birthed a daughter to Hosea, Lo-Ruhamah (means not loved)
         -God would no longer show love to the house of Israel
     *had another son, Lo-Ammi (my people)

Chapter 2
Adulteress wife=Israel
They keep going back to old ways

Chapter 3
Gomer committed adultery and God told Hosea to go take her back and love her
      -Hosea bought her back out of prostitution and took her home

Chapter 12 (v.6) But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always."

Wait for your God always.