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Gomer (Hebrew: גומר, romanized: Gōmer) was the wife of the prophet Hosea (8th century BC), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Hosea . English translations of Hosea 1:2 refer to her alternatively as a "promiscuous woman" , a "harlot" , and a "whore" but Hosea is told to marry her according to Divine appointment. She is also described ...
Hosea's family life reflected the "adulterous" relationship which Israel had built with other gods. Similarly, his children's names represent God's estrangement from Israel. [ 14 ] They are prophetic of the fall of the ruling dynasty and the severed covenant with God – much like the prophet Isaiah a generation later.
The Prophet Hosea, by Duccio di Buoninsegna, in the Siena Cathedral (c. 1309–1311) Illustration of Hosea and Gomer from the Bible Historiale, 1372.. Hosea prophesied during a dark and melancholic era of Israel's history, the period of the Northern Kingdom's decline and fall in the 8th century BC.
Gomer (Hebrew: גֹּמֶר Gōmer; Greek: Γαμὲρ, romanized: Gamér) was the eldest son of Japheth (and of the Japhetic line), and father of Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah, according to the "Table of Nations" in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 10).
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Hosea 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea, son of Beeri, and this chapter especially sets forth the spiritual whoredom of Israel by symbolical acts. [3] It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor ...
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