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# Connecting Statement:
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In this section Paul explains how Israel's unbelief as a nation was told ahead of time by the prophet Hosea.
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# 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
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Hosea was a prophet. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# I will call my people who were not my people
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"I will choose for my people those who were not my people"
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# her beloved who was not beloved
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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]])
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# sons of the living God
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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"