Hosea Chapter 3
New American Standard Bible
1 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.'
2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen [shekels] of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
3 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.'
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.
5 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.
Verse of the Day
"Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path."
— Psalm 119:105
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