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The LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”
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Verse 1. Woman. This second woman denotes the penitent Israel, yet not quite reconciled. The people in captivity are separated both from her idols and from God, though the latter still retains an affection for them. Osee does not marry this woman, but gives his word. We must not urge the parable too far. He acts as a figure of the Lord, who had received an outrage. Calmet.—Grace is still offered to sinners, whose persons are never hated by God. Worthington.—Husks. Septuagint and so forth “cakes made with grapes,” for idols. Theod. Saint Jerome
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