How did the prophet Hosea influence Jeremiah’s early messages?

Jeremiah, who grew up in a priestly family in Anathoth, was deeply influenced by the traditions of his people, particularly the prophecies of Hosea. This influence is clearly evident in Jeremiah’s early messages, where he adopted Hosea’s imagery and theological themes to address the spiritual state of Judah.12

Specifically, Jeremiah utilized Hosea’s metaphor of "harlotry" to reproach the people of Judah for their apostasy and their worship of other gods. Just as Hosea had symbolically portrayed the northern kingdom of Israel as an unfaithful wife who had abandoned Yahweh, Jeremiah warned the Judaeans that they were "playing the harlot" and would suffer a similar fate of destruction for their idolatry and immorality. By recalling these 8th-century prophecies, Jeremiah urged the people to repent and turn back to their covenantal relationship with God, framing the impending threat from the north as an instrument of divine judgment against an apostate land.23