Read Hosea 7.8-16
Israel's foreign policy appears to have vacillated between alliances with Egypt and Assyria,
the two great superpowers in whose sphere of influence Israel found itself.
The history of Israel in 2 Kings mentions Israel's cooperation with Assyria
(as explained in the comment on 5.13) and with Egypt (2 Kings 17.4) during Hosea's career.
In verse 14 gashing the body appears to be associated with earnest appeals to a deity,
whether to Israel's God (Jer 41.5) or to Baal (1 Kings 18.28).
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