Hoshea 3

1Then said Hashem unto me, Go again, love an isha (woman, wife) beloved of her re'a (friend, companion) , yet a noefet (adulteress) , just like the ahavat Hashem toward the Bnei Yisroel, who look to elohim acharim, and love heathen religion raisin cakes.[#3:1 Jer 44:19]

2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of kesef, and for a chomer and a half of se'orim;[#3:2 1K 1:18-19]

3And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide with me yamim rabbim and shalt not play the zonah, and thou shalt not be for another ish; and thus will I also towards thee. 1

4For the Bnei Yisroel shall abide yamim rabbim without a melech, and without a sar, and without a zevach, and without a matzevah (stone pillar, monument) and without an ephod (sacred vest used for consulting a deity) , and without teraphim (household idols) ;

5Afterward shall the Bnei Yisroel return, and seek Hashem Eloheihem, and Dovid their melech; and shall fear Hashem and His goodness in the acharit hayamim (last days) .[#3:5 i.e., Moshiach]

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