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Hosea 3

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Another Symbolic Marriage

3And Yahweh said to me again,

“Go, love a woman

who has a lovera and is committing adultery,

just like the love of Yahweh for the children of Israel,

but they are turning to other gods

and love raisin cakes.”

2So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver

and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.b

3And I said to her,

“You must remain as minec for many days,

and you will not play the whore;

you will not belongd to a man,

and I will belong to you.”

4The children of Israel will remain for many days

without a king and prince,

without sacrifice and stone pillar, ephod and teraphim.

5Afterward the children of Israel will return

and seek Yahweh their God and David their king.

They will come in fear to Yahweh

and to his goodness at the end of days.

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Footnotes

  1. aLiterally “who is beloved of a friend”
  2. bHebrew “a measure of barley”; the LXX has “a nebel of wine,” although some modern translations, e.g. NASB, have “a homer and a half of barley”
  3. cLiterally “You must sit at home for me”
  4. dLiterally “you will not be”

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