Hosea 3

Hosea Marries Again

1Then Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her companion and is an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”[#3:1 Gomer]

2So I bargained for her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley.[#3:2 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm; #3:2 A homer was approx. 6.5 bu. or 230 l; #3:2 Heb lethech]

3Then 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.”[#3:3 Or husband]

4For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.[#3:4 Heb teraphim]

5Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek Yahweh their God and David their king; and they will come in dread to Yahweh and to His goodness in the last days.[#3:5 Or trembling , cf. Is 19:16; Hos 11:10-11]

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