Hosea’s Second Symbolic Marriage
1 Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a (a)woman who is loved by her (b)husband, yet an adulteress, even (A)as the Lord loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin (B)cakes.”
2 So I (C)bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a (c)half of barley.
3 Then I said to her, “You shall (D)stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a (d)man; so I will also be toward you.”
4 For the sons of Israel will remain for many days (E)without king or prince, (F)without sacrifice or sacred (G)pillar and without (H)ephod or (e)(I)household idols.
5 Afterward the sons of Israel will (J)return and seek the Lord their God and (K)David their king; and (L)they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness in the last days.
Footnotes:
a.
Hosea 3:1: ['I.e. Gomer']
b.
Hosea 3:1: ['Lit ', companion]
c.
Hosea 3:2: ['Heb ', lethech]
d.
Hosea 3:3: ['Or ', husband]
e.
Hosea 3:4: ['Heb ', teraphim]