At the beginning the Lord spake by Hosea, and the Lord said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife [a]of fornications, and children of fornications: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:2 That is, one that of long time hath accustomed to play the harlot: not that the Prophet did this thing in effect, but he saw this in a vision, or else was commanded by God to set forth under this parable or figure the idolatry of the Synagogue, and of the people her children.

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