diff --git a/hos/04/intro.md b/hos/04/intro.md deleted file mode 100644 index 9495620eb4..0000000000 --- a/hos/04/intro.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,25 +0,0 @@ -# Hosea 4 General Notes - -### Structure and formatting - -The author stops using the metaphor of a husband/wife relationship and begins using a new illustration using lawsuits. God is suing the people of Israel because of all the wrong they have done. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) - -### Special concepts in this chapter - -#### Lawsuits - -Lawsuits are special cases where people go to court when they have a legal issue to resolve between them. Normally, one party is accusing another party of having done wrong. - -### Important figures of speech in this chapter - -#### Metonymy - -Metonymy is used in the first few verses of this chapter. Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or idea is called not by its own name, but by the name of something closely associated with it. Bloodshed is associated with murder. Stumbling represents sinning. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]]) - - -## Links: - -* __[Hosea 4:1 Notes](./01.md)__ - -__[<<](../03/intro.md) | [>>](../05/intro.md)__ -