Hosea
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Cruelty and Violence
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Language
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Sex
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Absurdities in Hosea

1. God tells Hosea to commit adultery, saying "take ... a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms" because the land has "committed great whoredom." So Hosea did as God commanded and "took" a wife named Gomer. 1:2-3

2. "I will destroy her vines and her fig trees." (God hates figs.) 2:12

3. God acts like a jealous lover. 2:13

4. Because of the Israelites' disobedience, the land mourns, and all the animals are dying. 4:3

5. "They have made princes, and I knew it not." 8:4

6. God can roar like a lion. 11:10

7. God will rip humans apart and then eat them like a lion. 13:7-8