Hosea

Minor prophet. Frequently names Ephraim, Samaria, Joseph, Jezreel, and speaks of a harlot wife and children of fornication.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

• II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — Frequently names Ephraim, Samaria, Joseph, Jezreel; speaks of a harlot wife and children of fornication

  "Hosea frequently names Ephraim, Samaria, Joseph, Jezreel, and a harlot wife, and children of fornication"