The first section of the book contains three distinctive poems illustrating how God’s children returned time after time to idolatry. God commands Hosea to marry Gomer, but after bearing him three children, she walks away from Hosea to her lovers.
Sehemu ya kwanza ya kitabu ina mashairi matatu bainifu yanayoelezea jinsi watoto wa Mungu walikurudi mara kwa mara kuabadu sanamu. Mungu anaamuru Hosea kuoa Gomeri, lakini baada ya kuzaa naye watoto watatu, yeye anamtoroka Hosea na kwenda kwa wapenzi wake.