The book of Hosea, like the writings of Isaiah, uses what seemed to me almost poetic images. The symbols in Hosea are a husband, his bride, her betrayal and a test of marriage covenants nearly beyond comprehension. And so I'm not sure that Hosea is trying to get us to beat our head against the wall trying to figure out what God is doing,. but more to use these now to teach a message to say what are we as individuals and as people doing in our relationship to God.

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