Gomer is not Responsible

The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Volume 4 Hosea

HOSEA

The prophet Hosea was a citizen of the northern kingdom of Israel, whose ruler, Jeroboam II, is called by the prophet, “our king” (chs. 1:1; 7:5).

Hosea 1:2 (NKJV)

When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea:

“Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry

And children of harlotry,

For the land has committed great harlotry

By departing from the Lord.”

The Bible Knowledge Commentary 1:2–3a

The Lord sometimes required His prophets to carry out orders that many would consider over and above the call of duty (e.g., Isa. 20:1–4; Ezek. 4:1–5:4).

The Bible Knowledge Commentary 1:2–3a

The Hebrew word zenûnîm (trans. here “adulterous”) refers elsewhere in Hosea to the activity of Israel under the figure of a married woman (cf. 2:2, 4; 4:12; 5:4).

Faithlife Study Bible Chapter 1

The prophet equates widespread idol worship in Israel with adultery. Breaking the covenant with Yahweh was like breaking a marriage covenant.

That I May Know Him Provision for Every Emergency, March 31

The divine Author of salvation left nothing incomplete in the plan; every phase of it is perfect. The sin of the whole world was laid upon Jesus, and divinity gave its highest value to the suffering of humanity in Jesus that the whole world might be pardoned through faith in the Substitute. The most guilty need have no fear but that God will pardon, for because of the efficacy of the divine sacrifice the penalty of the law will be remitted.