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Hosea: God’s Reconciliation with His Estranged Household is unavailable, but you can change that!

Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the Old Testament features today’s top Old Testament scholars and brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. With careful discourse analysis and interpretation of the Hebrew text, the authors trace the flow of argument in each Old Testament book, showing that how a biblical author...

The prophet answers with the promise of a better future “later/afterwards” (אַחַר; 3:5a), following the impending ruin of Israel (3:4). The verse also concludes with anticipation of new hope “in the latter days” (בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים; 3:5c). Between these chronological markers, vv. 4–5 preview the salvation that cures the heart problem of Israel’s apostasy. More than a physical return to the land, Hos 3 outlines a comprehensive restoration (3:5a) of
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