Hosea – 3:1 – God calls His prophet, Hosea, to marry an adulterous woman. This is meant as an example of God’s love for Israel, with all of their whoredoms. 13:13 – Again, we have the sorrows of a travailing woman. Referring to Ephraim. Micah – 4:9 – The pain of Jerusalem, as a woman in travail. 4:10 – Same section, also a woman in travail.