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Connecting Statement:
In this section Paul explains how Israel's unbelief as a nation was told ahead of time by the prophet Hosea.
As he says also in Hosea
Here "he" refers to God. AT: "As God says also in the book that Hosea wrote" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
Hosea
Hosea was a prophet. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
I will call my people who were not my people
"I will choose for my people those who were not my people"
her beloved who was not beloved
Here "her" refers to Hosea's wife, Gomer, who represents the nation of Israel. You can translate this in an active form. AT: "I will choose her whom I did not love to be one whom I love" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
sons of the living God
The word "living" may refer to the fact that God is the only true God, and not like the false idols. AT: "children of the true God"