Hosea 3
Hosea and the
Adulteress |
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Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an
adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love
flagons of wine.
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So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a
half homer of barley:
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and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for
me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be
for another man: so will I also be for
thee.
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For the children of Israel shall abide
many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a
sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
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afterward shall the children of Israel
return, and seek the LORD their God, and David
their king; and shall fear the LORD and his
goodness in the latter days.
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