Have you ever listened to a preacher working through a book of Old Testament prophecy, and noticed that what he’s saying seems to have little connection to the actual words of the passage?   It’s not that what he says is unbiblical – he’s speaking about the Gospel, about Christ, about the Church – but try as you might, you just can’t see these things in this particular text.   For example: “Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her companion and is an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” So I bargained for her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley. Then I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you.” For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols. Afterward the ...