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Hosea 3

King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible

3:1
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 (note: Heb. of grapes).
Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another (note: Or Go show love to a woman who is loved by another) and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”
3:2
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer (note: Heb. lethech) of barley:
So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver (note: 15 shekels is approximately 6 ounces or 171 grams of silver.) and a homer and a lethech of barley (note: Or a homer and a half of barley; that is, a total of approximately 9.36 bushels or 330 liters (probably about 436 pounds or 198 kilograms of barley); LXX a homer of barley and a wineskin full of wine).
3:3
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.
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.”
3:4
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image (note: Heb. a standing or statue), and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.
3:5
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.
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.