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Hosea Reconciles with His Wife

Then the Lord told me: “Go love your wife[a] again, even though she is being loved by another and is committing adultery. Love her the same way[b] the Lord loves the people of Israel, even though they look to other gods and love raisin cakes.”[c] So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers[d] of barley.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:1 Or love a woman
  2. Hosea 3:1 Lit. adultery, as
  3. Hosea 3:1 I.e. cakes used for offerings; cf. 2Sam 6:19
  4. Hosea 3:2 I.e. about ten bushels

Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife

The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress.(A) Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.(B)

So I bought her for fifteen shekels[a] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[b] of barley.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:2 That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams
  2. Hosea 3:2 A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms.