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Hosea 3

Hosea’s Second Symbolic Marriage

Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her husband, yet an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”

Hosea’s Wife Is Redeemed

Then the LORD said to me, “Go and love your wife again, even though shea commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the LORD still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and love to worship them.b”

So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silverc and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.d

Then I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you.”

Then I said to her, “You must live in my house for many days and stop your prostitution. During this time, you will not have sexual relations with anyone, not even with me.e”

For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or household idols.

This shows that Israel will go a long time without a king or prince, and without sacrifices, sacred pillars, priests,f or even idols!

Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the LORD their God and to David’s descendant, their king.g In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the LORD and of his goodness.

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