Hosea 3
5 verses
Hosea is commanded to love a woman already loved by another (likely Gomer again), paralleling God's continued love for Israel despite her unfaithfulness and apostasy. The prophet purchases her with silver and barley, signifying Israel's restoration and redemption at the cost of divine sacrifice and patience. Israel will sit without king, prince, sacrifice, or pillar for many days, representing exile and spiritual desolation, yet this period of deprivation is not eternal punishment but a season of preparation for return. In the latter days, Israel will seek the LORD and David's king in awe and goodness, indicating eschatological hope grounded in God's covenant with David and the renewal of true worship. This chapter encapsulates the prophet's message: God's love is willing, sacrificial, and redemptive, willing to bear the shame of His people's infidelity to restore them to covenant fidelity and true worship.
VERSES IN THIS CHAPTER
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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 an homer of barley, and an 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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