Hosea 3
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Hosea 3:2-5

2So I 1boughtH3739 her for myself for fifteenH2568H6240 shekels of silverH3701 and a homerH2563 and a 2halfH3963 of barleyH8184.

3Then I saidH559 to her, “You shall 3stayH3427 with me for manyH7227 daysH3117. You shall not playH2181 the harlotH2181, norH3808 shall you haveH1961 a 4manH376; so I will alsoH1571 be towardH413 you.”

4For the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 will remainH3427 for manyH7227 daysH3117 5withoutH369 kingH4428 or princeH8269, 6withoutH369 sacrificeH2077 or sacred 7pillarH4676 and withoutH369 8ephodH646 or 910householdH8655 idolsH8655.

5AfterwardH310 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 will 11returnH7725 and seekH1245 the LordH3068 their GodH430 and 12DavidH1732 their kingH4428; and 13they will comeH6342 tremblingH6342 to the LordH3068 and to His goodnessH2898 in the lastH319 daysH3117.

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Notes

  1. 1. Hosea 3:2 Ruth 4:10 ↩
  2. 2. Hosea 3:2 Heb lethech ↩
  3. 3. Hosea 3:3 Deut 21:13 ↩
  4. 4. Hosea 3:3 Or husband ↩
  5. 5. Hosea 3:4 Hos 10:3; 13:10, 11 ↩
  6. 6. Hosea 3:4 Dan 9:27; 11:31; 12:11; Hos 2:11 ↩
  7. 7. Hosea 3:4 Hos 10:1, 2 ↩
  8. 8. Hosea 3:4 Ex 28:4-12; 1 Sam 23:9-12 ↩
  9. 9. Hosea 3:4 Heb teraphim ↩
  10. 10. Hosea 3:4 Gen 31:19, 34; Judg 17:5; 18:14, 17; 1 Sam 15:23 ↩
  11. 11. Hosea 3:5 Jer 50:4, 5 ↩
  12. 12. Hosea 3:5 Jer 30:9; Ezek 34:24 ↩
  13. 13. Hosea 3:5 Is 2:2, 3; Jer 31:9 ↩

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