2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to him, "Go, take for yourself a *1:2 Some scholars interpret this to mean that Gomer was chaste at the time of the marriage, but later became an adulteress. As such, she symbolizes the future unfaithfulness of Israel.wife of prostitution and have children of [her] prostitution; for the land commits great acts of prostitution by *1:2 Lit forsaking.not following the Lord."