you became another's wife; probably after his arrival...

yes! For when Ephraim summoned him, he called you a maiden...

I don't know whether this caused him, Hosea, pain....
But there is one thing I do know, and that is that I want to confess something and must do so, ere it is too late....

And no one must hear it save those who love him, and I--do you hear--I love him, love him better than aught else on earth! But you?
You have a husband, and a God whose commands you eagerly obey--you say so yourself.

What can Hosea be to you?
So I beseech you to leave us.