Hosea 1:2
The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.
Cross-references
Hosea 3:1 repeats the command to love an unfaithful woman, reinforcing the same prophetic symbolism.
In Hosea 2:4, the children of adultery are directly linked to the same unfaithfulness symbolized by Hosea's marriage—continuing the same prophetic narrative.
In Hosea 2:2, the same metaphor of harlotry and the charge against the unfaithful wife directly continues this symbolic marriage.
In Hosea 12:10, God says He gave symbols through prophets — this marriage is one such symbolic act.
Ezekiel 6:9 speaks of Israel's 'adulterous hearts' turned to idols, reinforcing Hosea's metaphor of spiritual unfaithfulness as prostitution.
Revelation 17:5 names Babylon 'Mother of Prostitutes', intensifying the adultery metaphor that Hosea uses for Israel's unfaithfulness.
Revelation 17:2 describes kings committing adultery with the prostitute, echoing Hosea's charge of land unfaithfulness through whoredom.
Revelation 17:1 applies the same prostitute metaphor to Babylon, showing the NT reuse of Hosea's imagery for spiritual unfaithfulness.
Ezekiel 23:1-49 uses two sisters as adulterous prostitutes, directly continuing the prophetic metaphor of Israel's idolatry as sexual unfaithfulness.
Ezekiel 16:1-63 expands the same allegory: Jerusalem as an adulterous wife, explicitly paralleling Hosea's charge against the land.
In Exodus 34:15, God warns against Israel prostituting themselves to foreign gods—same metaphor of spiritual adultery that Hosea's marriage symbolically represents.
Jeremiah 3:9 calls Israel's idolatry 'adultery with stone and wood', mirroring Hosea's charge of land unfaithfulness through whoredom.
Jeremiah 3:1-4 directly uses the same adultery metaphor: Israel as an unfaithful wife who has played the prostitute with many lovers.
Psalm 106:39 also describes Israel's spiritual prostitution, defiling themselves by deeds—echoing Hosea's charge of land unfaithfulness.
In 2 Chronicles 21:13, Jehoram leads Judah into prostitution (idolatry) like the house of Ahab—a historical instance of the spiritual adultery Hosea embodies.
In Deuteronomy 31:16, God predicts Israel will prostitute themselves to foreign gods—the same unfaithfulness Hosea's marriage is called to symbolize.
In Exodus 34:16, intermarriage leads to spiritual prostitution—directly parallels Hosea's marriage to an unfaithful woman as a symbol of Israel's idolatry.
Jeremiah 13:27 directly decries 'adulteries and shameless prostitution' as metaphors for Israel's unfaithfulness.
Ezekiel 16:15 describes Israel as a prostitute trusting in her beauty — the same adulterous metaphor as Hosea's marriage.
Ezekiel 23:37 accuses Israel of adultery with idols and child sacrifice — directly echoing the unfaithfulness Hosea is to symbolize.
Isaiah 57:3 calls the people 'offspring of adulterers and prostitutes,' using the same metaphor of sexual unfaithfulness for idolatry.
1 Chronicles 5:25 explicitly says the tribes 'prostituted themselves' to other gods — the same spiritual adultery Hosea's marriage symbolizes.
In Romans 9:25, Paul quotes a later Hosea passage (2:23) to show God calling the unfaithful 'My people', continuing Hosea's theme.
In Jeremiah 13:1-11, God uses a symbolic action (a ruined belt) to illustrate Israel's pride and unfaithfulness—same prophetic sign-act method as Hosea's marriage.
Jeremiah 13:2 records God's command to Jeremiah to buy a linen belt as a symbolic act — parallel to Hosea's symbolic marriage command.