Midrash sobre Oseas 2:15

Rabbi Alexandri began: “And the leper in whom there is a mark [his garments shall be rent, the hair of his head shall be grown, he shall cover his upper lip, and he shall cry: Impure, impure]” (Leviticus 13:45). “And the leper” – this is the Temple. “In whom there is a mark” – this is idol worship, which imparts impurity like a leprous mark, as it is stated: They desecrated My Temple and defiled it.⁵⁷There is no such verse, although there are several verses expressing the same idea and employing similar terminology; see, e.g., Jeremiah 7:30, 32:34; Ezekiel 5:11. “His garments shall be rent” – these are the priestly vestments. “The hair of his head shall be grown [parua]” – this is what is stated: “He laid bare the covering of Judah” (Isaiah 22:8) – exposing what was covered.⁵⁸The allusion is to the roof of the Temple, which was destroyed. The word parua can mean exposed. “He shall cover his upper lip” – once Israel was exiled from among the nations, none of them was capable of expressing a matter of Torah with his mouth. “And he shall cry: Impure, impure” – the first destruction and the second destruction.
Rabbi Yosei ben Ḥalafta said: Anyone who knows how many years Israel engaged in idol worship knows when the son of David will come. We have three verses that support him. One, “I will reckon upon it the days of the Be’alim, to which it burned incense” (Hosea 2:15) – [meaning,] like the days of the Be’alim. Second, “It was, that just as He called and they did not heed, so they will call out and I will not heed” (Zechariah 7:13). Third, “it will be when you will say: For what did the Lord…do [all these to us? You will say to them: Just as you forsook Me and served strange gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land not yours]” (Jeremiah 5:19).
Rabbi Yoḥanan and Reish Lakish, both of them addressed this. Rabbi Yoḥanan said: “Because [yaan uvyaan]” (Leviticus 26:43) – measure for measure.⁵⁹The doubling of the term yaan indicates that the punishment will mirror the sin, measure for measure. Reish Lakish said: “Your land, strangers devour it in your presence [lenegdekhem]” (Isaiah 1:7) – strangers shall devour it corresponding to you [kenegdekhem].⁶⁰Corresponding to the sins you have committed; for the same length of time you worshipped idols. Rabbi Alexandri learned it from this verse: “All the days that the mark is on him he shall be impure” (Leviticus 13:46). Eikha!