Read Hosea 8.7-9.4. In 8.13: When Hosea describes Israel's punishment as a return to Egypt, he reverses the Exodus (2.15; 9.3; Ex 1-5), in which God delivered Israel from slavery. In 9.1: Since threshing floors are sites for worship (2 Sam 24.24-25). Hosea denounces Israel's worship of Baal there. The prostitute's pay to which he refers is likely the grain harvest Israel attributed to Baal rather than to God (2.8). In verse 4: Mourners' bread maybe translated literally in two ways: either "bread of sorrow," referring to bread eaten in exile (9.3), or "bread of idolatry," referring to Israel's sacrifices that God has rejected. Comments or Questions..
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