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At the start of this very brief chapter, God again instructs Hosea to do something untoward: \u201cGo, befriend a woman who, while befriended by a companion, consorts with others\u201d (1). The question, of course, is: is this a repetition of the previous instruction, or has Hosea been commanded to strike up a relationship with yet another woman of loose morals?<\/span><\/p>\n

The two available answers correspond to the form and content of the two sets of instructions. In form, they were identical: an upright man\u2014a prophet no less\u2014is told to take up with a woman of questionable morality. In content, however, there were striking differences. One was that the woman\u2019s name is absent from the second set, another was that there no reference to producing children, and, finally, while the first woman was explicitly labeled a prostitute (<\/span>zenunim<\/span><\/em>), the second was clearly called an adulteress (<\/span>mena\u2019afet<\/span><\/em>), legally, if not morally, two different statuses. The consensus of the medieval exegetes, exemplified by Yosef Kara and Eliezer of Beaugency, is that this was a completely different woman.<\/span><\/p>\n

Radak went further and provided the corresponding moral lessons for the two parables:<\/span><\/p>\n

The first parable was about Jeroboam ben Nebat and his followers, who were unfaithful to God, abandoned the Temple service, and worshiped the [golden] calves. Afterwards, there came Ahab, who continued the wickedness by establishing [cults] of Baal and Asherah. Now [in the second parable] He added the love God had for Israel of yore, similar to a man who is greatly in love with his dear wife\u2014since not all love between spouses is equal, as is stated that \u201cJacob loved Rachel\u201d [and not Leah], and David spoke of his love for his wives, meaning the two who were his beloved [Michal and Batsheva]. Despite all this, they turned to alien deities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just as the first marriage of Chapter 1 (symbolized by the names \u201cNot My People\u201d and \u201cNo Compassion\u201d) would turn positive in Chapter 2 (\u201cCall your brother \u2018My People\u2019 and your sister \u2018Compassion\u2019\u201d 2:3), this marriage, too, is destined to end on an upbeat note: \u201cAfterwards, the Israelites will turn back and will seek the Lord their God and David their king, and they will thrill over the Lord and over His bounty in the days to come\u201d (3:5).<\/span><\/p>\n

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