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Since a commentary is a fundamental tool for the expositor or teacher who seeks to interpret and apply Scripture in the church or classroom, the NAC focuses on communicating the theological structure and content of each biblical book. The writers seek to illuminate both the historical meaning and contemporary significance of Holy Scripture. In its attempt to make a unique contribution to the...

put it another way, those who believe that this is a different woman must explain why she is unnamed, but there is no such onus on those who take this to be the woman already introduced in the text. Most important, however, is the fact that this woman is called an “adulteress,” which implies that she is married but faithless to her husband (see Lev 20:10; Jer 3:8–9; Ezek 16:32). There is no reason for Hosea to “show love” to the adulterous wife of another man; such a command comes near to demanding
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