Hosea buys back his wife from slavery, symbolizing his plea for the Israelites to return to the Lord.

Let us return to the Lord: Hosea’s plea

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During the 8th century B.C.  God sent the prophet Hosea to the house of Israel. Hosea’s mission was to call the people to repent of their idolatry, cruelty, and injustice, and to return to God. His impassioned pleas to this wayward people reflected his own tragic relationship with his wife, who he was trying to bring back from a life of adultery and prostitution.

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