The answer
This wife of whoredoms represents Israel or the whole earth. St. Irenaeus explains that God wanted Hosea to take a wife of whoredoms, prophesying by his act that the earth shall commit whoredoms, departing from the Lord, and that of such men God will be pleased to take to Himself a Church, to be sanctified by the communion of His Son, as she, too, was sanctified by the communion of the prophet. Wherefore St. Paul also says, "The unbelieving woman is sanctified by her believing husband" (1 Cor 7:14).Answered by His Eminence Metropolitan Youssef (opens in a new tab)