I can't say that I have read Hosea, and need to in order that I may understand the situation the bible is talking about.

I just read Hosea 9, and the whole chapter is talking about punishing Israel. Also, if you are quoting from the New Living Translation, you did some twists and turns there. It sort of looks like you mixed it up by not quoting the entire thing

Here is Hosea 9: 11-16

11 The glory of Israel will fly away like a bird,

for your children will not be born

or grow in the womb

or even be conceived.

12 Even if you do have children who grow up,

I will take them from you.

It will be a terrible day when I turn away

and leave you alone.

13 I have watched Israel become as beautiful as Tyre.

But now Israel will bring out her children for slaughter.”

14 O Lord, what should I request for your people?

I will ask for wombs that don’t give birth

and breasts that give no milk.

15 The Lord says, “All their wickedness began at Gilgal;

there I began to hate them.

I will drive them from my land

because of their evil actions.

I will love them no more

because all their leaders are rebels.

16 The people of Israel are struck down.

Their roots are dried up,

At this moment God has turned his wrath upon Israel. I would have to read the rest of Hosea, to know why God is punishing Israel. This is something that would need time to answer fully.

I don't think God meant hate, as in hatred for the people, because earlier he states In Hosea 7

“I want to heal Israel,[a] but its sins are too great.

Samaria is filled with liars.

Thieves are on the inside

and bandits on the outside!

2 Its people don’t realize

that I am watching them.

Their sinful deeds are all around them,

and I see them all.

This indicates that God has given Israel plenty of time to mend their ways, and now Israel, as a nation, is going to go down hill for turning away.

I'm going to stop there, because most people on here can't stand to read more than a paragraph.