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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/jit/figs-explicit]])
-
-# Hosea
-
-Hosea was a prophet. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
+"As God says also in the book that Hosea the prophet wrote"
 
 # I will call them 'my people' who were not my people
 
@@ -16,5 +8,5 @@ Hosea was a prophet. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
 
 # 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/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+"I will choose her whom I did not love to be one whom I love"