Hosea
Chapter
3
1
Then said Jehovah/God unto me,
Go
yet, love a woman
beloved
of her friend,
yet
an adulteress,
according
to the love of Jehovah/God
toward
the children of Israel,
who
look to other gods/'elohiym,
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.
3
And I said unto her,
You
shall abide for me many days.
You
shall not play the harlot,
and
you all shall not be for another man . . .
so
will I also be for you.
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 'figurine type small idols' {t@raphiym}.
5
Afterward shall the children of Israel return,
and
seek Jehovah/God their 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
David their king;
and
shall fear Jehovah/God
and
His goodness in the latter days.
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