Yahweh said to me, "Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins."
"Go...and love ..." How was it possible for Hosea to fulfill this commandment?  Certainly, he could not have loved Gomer with the same emotional passion for her which might have existed at first.  As Morgan said, "He did not go after Gomer because he loved her, but because God sent him."[3]  Surely, there must be an element of truth in such an observation. And yet, Hosea's obedience to God in his recovery of Gomer from slavery was supercharged with the very essence of love in the highest and best sense.