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Hosea 13 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This chapter uses poetry to communicate Yahweh's disgust and anger with the northern kingdom of Israel.
Special concepts in this chapter
"Israel" and "Ephraim" are terms used to speak about the people of the northern kingdom. Samaria was the capital of the northern kingdom. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
This chapter makes it clear that the northern kingdom is going to be nearly decimated as a people. They will no longer exist as a nation.
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Rhetorical question
Hosea uses rhetorical questions throughout this chapter. They are not questions requesting information but rather questions indicating some emotion like anger or dissatisfaction. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)