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Hosea 3

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1And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of [her] friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.

2So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

3and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife: so will I also be toward thee.

4For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:

5afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.

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Hosea 3:1-5 Israel's Condition in Their Present Dispersion, Subsequent to

Their Return from Babylon, Symbolized. The prophet is to take back his wife, though unfaithful, as foretold in

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Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Hosea 3:1

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”

Backsliders: Return of Hosea 3:5

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

Barley: Traffic In Hosea 3:2

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

Bear: Ferocity of Hosea 3:3

Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

David: A Prophetic Name for Christ Hosea 3:5

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

God: Goodness of Hosea 3:5

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

Idolatry: Consists in Looking to Other Gods Hosea 3:1

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”

Jesus, the Christ: King Hosea 3:5

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

Polygamy: Hosea Hosea 3:1, 2

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.” / So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

Seekers: General Scriptures Concerning Hosea 3:5

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

Symbols and Similitudes: Marrying a Whore Hosea 3:1–4

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.” / So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. / Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

The Goodness of God: Manifested: Reverence Hosea 3:5

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

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Sacrifice The offering up of sacrifices is to be regarded as… Goodness In man is not a mere passive quality, but the… Silver Used for a great variety of purposes, as may be… Israel The name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at… Pillar Used to support a building (Judg. 16:26, 29); as a… Prince The title generally applied to the chief men of the… Barley A grain much cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31) and in… Homer Heap, the largest of dry measures, containing about 8 bushels… Ephod Something girt, a sacred vestment worn originally by the high… David Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen… Lord There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered. (1.)… Love This word seems to require explanation only in the case… Idol (1.) Heb. aven, "nothingness;" "vanity" (Isa. 66:3; 41:29; Deut. 32:21;… King Is in Scripture very generally used to denote one invested… Wife The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen. 2:24;…