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Hosea 04 General Notes
Structure and formatting
The author stops using the metaphor of a husband/wife relationship and begins using a new illustration using lawsuits. God is suing the people of Israel because of all the wrong they have done. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
Special concepts in this chapter
Lawsuits
Lawsuits are special cases where people go to court when they have a legal issue to resolve between them. Normally, one party is accusing another party of having done wrong.
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Metonymy
Metonymy is used in the first few verses of this chapter. Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or idea is called not by its own name, but by the name of something closely associated with it. Bloodshed is associated with murder. Stumbling represents sinning. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin)