One of the purposes of the book of Hosea was to highlight the spiritual harlotry of Israel, the given statement is true.
The Book of Hosea is included in the Tanakh as one of the twelve minor prophets of the Nevi'im ("Prophets") and as a stand-alone book in the Old Testament of Christianity. It is the first of the Twelve according to the conventional arrangement of the majority of Hebrew Bibles.
The Book of Hosea, which is centred on the fall of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, criticises the worship of deities other than Yahweh (the God of Israel) and likens Israel's rejection of Yahweh to a wife who has been unfaithful to her husband. The connection between Hosea and his unfaithful wife Gomer is compared to the relationship between Yahweh and his unfaithful people Israel, according to the book's storyline.
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