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# Hosea 4 General Notes
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### Structure and formatting
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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]])
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### Special concepts in this chapter
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#### Lawsuits
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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.
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### Important figures of speech in this chapter
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#### Metonymy
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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]])
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## Links:
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* __[Hosea 4:1 Notes](./01.md)__
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__[<<](../03/intro.md) | [>>](../05/intro.md)__
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