Nevertheless I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them even through the LORD their God. But I will not deliver them through any bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen."

I spoke through the prophets
and granted many visions;
I gave parables through the prophets.

When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, he said to him, "Go marry a prostitute who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, because the nation continually commits spiritual prostitution by turning away from the Lord."

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel: but he trespassed through Baal, and he died.