Hosea 3:3

“Hosea speaks many times of Ephraim, of Samaria, of Joseph, of Jezreel, of a wife of whoredoms and of children of whoredoms, of an adulteress shut up within the chamber of her husband, sitting for a long time in widowhood and in the garb of mourning, awaiting the time when her husband will return to her.” — editor's note: Hos. iii. 1, 3, 4.

“Therefore it has long been deprived of its altar, priests, and prophets and has to abide many days for its first husband.” — editor's note: Hos. ii. 7; iii. 3.

“…you will condone incests, too, for Lot’s sake; and fornications combined with incest, for Judah’s sake; and base marriages with prostitutes, for Hosea’s sake; and not only the frequent repetition of marriage, but its simultaneous plurality, for our fathers’ sakes: for, of course, it is meet that there should also be…” — editor's note: See Hos. i. 2, 3; iii. 1–3.