What was the relationship between Hosea and Gomer?
Hosea married Gomer. When she was unfaithful to him, the Lord asked him to love her again, as He loves his people. Hosea 1:3; Hosea 3:1-3
What the Bible says
Hosea 1:3
So he went, and took Gomer the daughter of Debelaim: and she conceived and bore him a son.
Hosea 3:1
And the Lord said to me: Go yet again, and love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress: as the Lord loveth the children of Israel, and they look to strange gods, and love the husks of the grapes.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Did you know?
A note in the NAB says that Hosea took Gomer back, and that this stands for God’s patient love. NAB note on Os 3, 1-5