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Hosea 3

Introduction

1  The Lord's intended future kindness to Israel, not withstanding their wickedness, illustrated by the emblem of Hosea's conduct towards his adulterous wife.
4  The desolation of Israel before their restoration.
Verse 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.
Go yet
1:2,3
friend
Jeremiah 3:1,20; *marg:; Matthew 26:50
according
11:8, Deuteronomy 7:6,7, Judges 10:16, 2 Kings 13:23, Nehemiah 9:18,19,31, Psalms 106:43-46, Jeremiah 3:1-4,12-14, 31:20, Micah 7:18-20, Zechariah 1:16, Luke 1:54,55
look
Psalms 123:2, Isaiah 17:7,8, 45:22, Micah 7:7
love flagons
4:11, 7:5, 9:1,2, Exodus 32:6, Judges 9:27, Amos 2:8, 6:6, 1 Corinthians 10:7,21, 1 Peter 4:3
wine
Heb. grapes.
Verse 2

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
I bought
Genesis 31:41, 34:12, Exodus 22:17, 1 Samuel 18:25
an homer
Leviticus 27:16, Isaiah 5:10, Ezekiel 45:11
half homer
Heb. lethech.
Verse 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.
Thou shalt abide
Deuteronomy 21:13
Verse 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, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
without a king
10:3, Genesis 49:10, Jeremiah 15:4,5, John 19:15
without a sacrifice
2 Chronicles 15:2, Daniel 8:11-13, 9:27, 12:11, Matthew 24:1,2, Luke 21:24, Acts 6:13,14, Hebrews 10:26
an image
Heb. a standing, or statue, or pillar.
Isaiah 19:19,20
ephod
Exodus 28:4, Leviticus 8:7, Judges 8:27, 17:5, 1 Samuel 2:18, 14:3, 21:9, 22:18, 23:6,9, 1 Samuel 30:7, 2 Samuel 6:14
without teraphim
Genesis 31:19; *marg:; Judges 17:5, 18:17-24, 2 Kings 23:24; *marg:; Ezekiel 20:32, 21:21; *marg:; Micah 5:11-14, Zechariah 13:2
Verse 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.
seek
5:6,15, Isaiah 27:12,13, Jeremiah 3:22,23, 31:6-10, 50:4,5
and David their king
1 Kings 12:16, Isaiah 55:3,4, Jeremiah 30:9, 33:17, Ezekiel 34:23,24, 37:22-25, Amos 9:11, Acts 15:16-18
fear
Psalms 130:3,4, Jeremiah 33:9, Ezekiel 16:63, Romans 2:4
in the
Numbers 24:14, Deuteronomy 4:30, Isaiah 2:2, Jeremiah 30:24, Ezekiel 38:8,16, Daniel 2:28, 10:14, Micah 4:1, Romans 11:25

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