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Hosea 2, filled with passion and violence, reads like a soap opera. The chapter opens with the affirmation that Israel and Judah will love one another and God (1-3). Then, in a sudden turn, Israel is adulterous (4-7), causing God to punish Israel by ruining the harvest because they turned to Baal (8-15), and ends with the prophecy that Israel will once again become God\u2019s wife (16-25). What a rollercoaster!<\/span><\/p>\n

In Hosea 2 and elsewhere in the Prophets, Israel is portrayed as the promiscuous wife and God as the betrayed husband. This is paradigm is most evident in verse 4:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cRebuke your mother, rebuke her\u2014 For she is not My wife And I am not her husband\u2014 And let her put away her harlotry from her face And her adultery from between her breasts.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

God casts off Israel for pursuing Canaanite gods like Baal, forgetting the gifts the God of Israel bestowed upon her. As was the custom in the ancient world, a husband must protect the sexuality of the women in his household. This protection is not for the women themselves, but rather for the purity and honor of the husband. When a man is unable to do this and is betrayed, his masculinity and power have been compromised. He is weak, shamed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Still today, when men feel their power or honor are compromised, they often feel their wrath is justified, and that they are tolerated societally. God\u2019s anger and abuse creates a paradigm for how a man should react to his wife–condemning her sexuality, threatening to withdraw all material sustenance, eternal punishment. As a feminist, I am deeply troubled by this violent misogyny. As someone who believes in an eternally loving God, these verses also challenge my theology. If God can effectively divorce Israel, is the relationship truly eternal?<\/span><\/p>\n

Burdened with these concerns, I am inspired anew each morning as I wrap my tefillin around my middle finger each morning and whisper these words of betrothal: \u201cAnd I will espouse you forever: I will espouse you with righteousness and justice, And with goodness and mercy, And I will espouse you with faithfulness; Then you shall be devoted to God.\u201d (verses 21-22)<\/span><\/p>\n

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