In this book, there is an ongoing story of adultery, fornication, and betrayal between God and Israel depicted through the relationship between the prophet Hosea and his wife Gomer. There are a few different views on the actual relationship between Hosea and Gomer, the first of which is that Gomer was already a prostitute when Hosea took her as his wife. I think this is the most widely accepted, simply because it is the literal description of the book, and people tend to lean towards literal definitions more often than not, just look at how the people of the world have torn the book of Revelation to pieces! The second opinion is that Gomer was a prostitute, but was an adulteress only after she married. Those who believe this say that in the beginning she was pure, but then she committed adultery and became a prostitute. To me, and this is just my opinion, I know, but this idea is simply refuted with 1:2, when God tells Hosea to "Go, get a whore wife..." not to go get a wife prone to prostitution and adultery. . Many say that it could not be true that Hosea had already married a...