Thematic Bible: Marrying a whore
Thematic Bible
Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore
The commencement of Jehovah's speaking by Hosea. And Jehovah saith unto Hosea, 'Go, take to thee a woman of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms, for utterly go a-whoring doth the land from after Jehovah.' And he goeth and taketh Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceiveth and beareth to him a son; and Jehovah saith unto him, 'Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little, and I have charged the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and have caused to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel; read more.
and it hath come to pass in that day that I have broken the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.' And she conceiveth again, and beareth a daughter, and He saith to him, 'Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I add no more to pity the house of Israel, for I do utterly take them away; and the house of Judah I pity, and have saved them by Jehovah their God, and do not save them by bow, and by sword, and by battle, by horses, and by horsemen.' And she weaneth Lo-Ruhamah, and conceiveth, and beareth a son; and He saith, 'Call his name Lo-Ammi, for ye are not My people, and I am not for you;
and it hath come to pass in that day that I have broken the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.' And she conceiveth again, and beareth a daughter, and He saith to him, 'Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I add no more to pity the house of Israel, for I do utterly take them away; and the house of Judah I pity, and have saved them by Jehovah their God, and do not save them by bow, and by sword, and by battle, by horses, and by horsemen.' And she weaneth Lo-Ruhamah, and conceiveth, and beareth a son; and He saith, 'Call his name Lo-Ammi, for ye are not My people, and I am not for you;
And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.' And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley; and I say unto her, 'Many days thou dost remain for Me, thou dost not go a-whoring, nor become any one's; and I also am for thee.' read more.
For many days remain do the sons of Israel without a king, and there is no prince, and there is no sacrifice, and there is no standing pillar, and there is no ephod and teraphim.
For many days remain do the sons of Israel without a king, and there is no prince, and there is no sacrifice, and there is no standing pillar, and there is no ephod and teraphim.