Hosea 3
3
Hosea Buys a Wife
1The Lord said to me again, “Go, show your love to a woman loved by someone else, who has been unfaithful to you. In the same way the Lord loves the people of Israel, even though they worship other gods and love to eat the raisin cakes.”
2So I bought her for six ounces of silver and ten bushels of barley. 3Then I told her, “You must wait for me for many days. You must not be a prostitute, and you must not have sexual relations with any other man. I will act the same way toward you.”
4In the same way Israel will live many days without a king or leader, without sacrifices or holy stone pillars, and without the holy vest or an idol. 5After this, the people of Israel will return to the Lord their God and follow him and the king from David’s family. In the last days they will turn in fear to the Lord, and he will bless them.
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Hosea 3
3
Waiting for Restoration
1Then the Lord said to me, “Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, # Hs 1:2 just as the Lord loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” # 2Sm 6:19; 1Ch 16:3; Sg 2:5
2So I bought her for 15 shekels of silver and five bushels of barley. # LXX reads barley and a measure of wine # Lit silver, a homer of barley, and a lethek of barley # Ru 4:10 3I said to her, “You must live with me many days. Don’t be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”
4For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, # Hs 13:10-11 without sacrifice # Dn 9:27; 11:31; 12:11; Hs 2:11 or sacred pillar, # Hs 10:1-2 and without ephod # Ex 28:4-12; 1Sm 23:9-12 or household idols. # Gn 31:19,34; Jdg 17:5; 18:14,17 5Afterward, the people of Israel will return # Jr 50:4-5 and seek the Lord their God and David their king. # Is 11:1-10; Jr 23:5-6; 33:15-16; Ezk 34:24; Rm 11:23 They will come with awe to the Lord # Jr 31:9 and to His goodness in the last days.
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