O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. For You have made a city into a heap, A fortified city into a ruin; A palace of strangers is a city no more, It will never be rebuilt. Therefore a strong people will glorify You; Cities of ruthless nations will revere You.

Hosea 3:4-5

For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or household idols. Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

Images » Other objects of worship » Teraphim, images, household gods

1 Samuel 19:13

Michal took the household idol and laid it on the bed, and put a quilt of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with clothes. Verse Concepts

Genesis 31:34

Now Rachel had taken the household idols and put them in the camel’s saddle, and she sat on them. And Laban felt through all the tent but did not find them. Verse Concepts

Genesis 31:19

When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the

household idols that were her father’s.

Verse Concepts

Judges 17:5

And the man Micah had a

shrine and he made an ephod and

household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest.

Verse Concepts

Judges 18:14

Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their kinsmen, “Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and household idols and a graven image and a molten image? Now therefore, consider what you should do.” Verse Concepts

Hosea 3:4

For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or

household idols.

Verse Concepts

Jews, the » Deprived of civil and religious privileges

Hosea 3:4

For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or

household idols.

Verse Concepts

Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore

Hosea 1:2-9

When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, "Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the LORD." So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. And the LORD said to him, "Name him Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. read more.
"On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel." Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to him, "Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. "But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the LORD their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen." When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the LORD said, "Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not your God."

Hosea 3:1-4

Then the LORD said to me, "Go again, love a woman who is loved by her husband, yet an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes." So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley. Then I said to her, "You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you." read more.
For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or household idols.

The lord seeking that which was lost » Who shall seek the lord

Hosea 3:4-5

false Worship » Other objects of worship » Teraphim, images, household gods

1 Samuel 19:13

Michal took the household idol and laid it on the bed, and put a quilt of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with clothes. Verse Concepts

Genesis 31:34

Now Rachel had taken the household idols and put them in the camel’s saddle, and she sat on them. And Laban felt through all the tent but did not find them. Verse Concepts

Genesis 31:19

When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the

household idols that were her father’s.

Verse Concepts

Judges 17:5

And the man Micah had a

shrine and he made an ephod and

household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest.

Verse Concepts

Judges 18:14

Hosea 3:4

For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or

household idols.

Verse Concepts

FALSE » Other objects of worship » Teraphim, images, household gods

1 Samuel 19:13

Michal took the household idol and laid it on the bed, and put a quilt of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with clothes. Verse Concepts

Genesis 31:34

Now Rachel had taken the household idols and put them in the camel’s saddle, and she sat on them. And Laban felt through all the tent but did not find them. Verse Concepts

Genesis 31:19

When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the

household idols that were her father’s.

Verse Concepts

Judges 17:5

And the man Micah had a

shrine and he made an ephod and

household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest.

Verse Concepts

Judges 18:14

Hosea 3:4

For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or