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Themes in Hosea 3

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Themes in Hosea 3

Hosea 3:1 (show verse)

And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.

Flagon » Translated (av) flagon of wine, cake of raisin (rv)
Idolatry » Consists in » Looking to other gods
Polygamy » Hosea
Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore
Women » Instances of » Gomer, the adulterous wife of hosea

Hosea 3:2 (show verse)

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

Barley » Traffic in
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Barter
Marriage » Presents given to parents to secure their favor
Marriage » Wives obtained » By purchase
Measure » A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs
Measure » A half-homer
Polygamy » Hosea
Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore

Hosea 3:3 (show verse)

and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife: so will I also be toward thee.

Bear » Ferocity of
Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore

Hosea 3:4 (show verse)

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:

Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Prophecy concerning the absence of the ephod from israel
the Ephod » The emblem of the priestly office
the Ephod » Israel deprived of, for sin
Fear » Who shall fear the lord
Images » Other objects of worship » Teraphim, images, household gods
Jews, the » Deprived of civil and religious privileges
Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore
The lord seeking that which was lost » Who shall seek the lord
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Teraphim, images, household gods
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Teraphim, images, household gods

Hosea 3:5 (show verse)

afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.

Backsliders » Return of
Jesus Christ, King » The jews shall seek to
David » A prophetic name for Christ
Fear » Who shall fear the lord
God, Goodness of » Reverence
Jews, the » Promises respecting » Their return and seeking to God
The lord seeking that which was lost » Who shall seek the lord