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I said to her, “You will stay with me for many days. You must not be promiscuous.[a] You must not be with any other man, and I will also be for you.”

So the people of Israel will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred memorial stones, and without the special vest[b] or family idols.[c] Afterward the people of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:3 Or engage in prostitution
  2. Hosea 3:4 Hebrew ephod
  3. Hosea 3:4 Hebrew teraphim