Hosea 1:2

² The beginning of the word of Jehovah through Hosea. And Jehovah said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms; for the land is entirely given up to whoredom, away from Jehovah.

Place

'A dry place,' as in Luke 11:24, signifies states of evil and falsity which are in the life of someone who does the work of repentance.