diff --git a/hos/02/02.md b/hos/02/02.md index de53f4c3a4..e7f29d3f3f 100644 --- a/hos/02/02.md +++ b/hos/02/02.md @@ -1,28 +1,24 @@ -# General Information: - -Yahweh is speaking to Hosea. - # lawsuit This is a complaint by one person against another person in a court of law. # your mother -Here "mother" refers to the nation of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +Here "mother" refers to the nation of Israel. # for she is not my wife -Yahweh is stating that Israel, spoken of here as a woman, is no longer acting like a wife to Yahweh. Instead Israel has turned away from following and worshiping him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +Yahweh is stating that Israel, spoken of here as a woman, is no longer acting like a wife to Yahweh. Instead Israel has turned away from following and worshiping him. # neither am I her husband -Yahweh can no longer be in relationship with the nation of Israel as a husband would be to his wife. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +Yahweh can no longer be in relationship with the nation of Israel as a husband would be to his wife. # her acts of adultery -A wife who is adulterous leaves her husband to sleep with another man. This is how Israel was acting toward Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +A wife who is adulterous leaves her husband to sleep with another man. This is how Israel was acting toward Yahweh. # from between her breasts -This imagery suggests that Israel is relying on the idols and not Yahweh. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +This imagery suggests that Israel is relying on the idols and not Yahweh.