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Hošea otkupljuje Gomeru

Tada mi je BOG opet rekao: »Tvoja žena ima ljubavnika i nije ti vjerna. Ali ti joj ponovo iskaži ljubav. Isto tako BOG voli narod Izraela iako se okreću drugim bogovima i vole kolače s grožđicama[a]

I tako sam je otkupio za sebe po cijeni od petnaest srebrnjaka[b] i još sto pedeset kilograma[c] ječma. Rekao sam joj: »Sada ćeš ostati sa mnom. Prestani se ponašati kao prostitutka! Dugo vremena ne smiješ imati seksualne odnose ni sa kim, niti sa mnom.«

Prema tomu, i narod Izraela morat će dugo živjeti bez kralja i poglavara, bez žrtvi i svetih stupova, bez likova[d] i kućnih idola. Nakon toga Izraelci će opet poželjeti služiti svome BOGU i kralju iz Davidove obitelji. Pristupat će BOGU sa strahopoštovanjem i uživati u dobrima koja ima za njih.

Footnotes

  1. 3,1 kolači s grožđicama Vjerojatno hrana koju su prinosili lažnim bogovima.
  2. 3,2 petnaest srebrnjaka Doslovno: »15 šekela srebra«. Približno 150 g srebra.
  3. 3,2 sto pedeset kilograma Doslovno: »jedan homer i jedan letek«. Zapremina od oko 330 l.
  4. 3,4 likova Doslovno: »efoda«. Efod (svećenički prsluk) je inače dio svećeničke odore, ali ovdje predstavlja nešto vezano uz štovanje idola.

The Prophet’s Reconciliation With His Wife:
A Picture of the Lord’s Love

The Lord said to me, “Go again. Show love to a woman who is loved by another man, a woman who keeps committing adultery. Show love just as the Lord loves the people of Israel, even though they keep turning to other gods and loving the raisin cakes.”[a]

So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and nine bushels[b] of barley. I said to her, “You will stay with me for many days. You must not be promiscuous.[c] 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[d] or family idols.[e] 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.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:1 Raisin cakes were sometimes shaped into images of the goddess Asherah.
  2. Hosea 3:2 A homer and a lethek, that is, six bushels plus three bushels
  3. Hosea 3:3 Or engage in prostitution
  4. Hosea 3:4 Hebrew ephod
  5. Hosea 3:4 Hebrew teraphim