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Hosea 3

Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife

The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred 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 fifteen shekelsa of silver and about a homer and a lethekb 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 told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way 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 Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods.

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 Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings 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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