Hosea 3 Prophecy · Chapter 3 of 14 · Marriage Sign
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Hosea

The Lord's steadfast love confronts spiritual adultery and promises restoration.

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Hosea 3 (KJV)

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Prophecy

Hosea's marriage dramatizes Israel's unfaithfulness and the Lord's restoring love.

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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.
2 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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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.
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:
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.
Common short forms work: “Ps 23”, “Ro 8:28”.
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