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Hosea 3:1-2
Living Bible
Hosea 3:1-2
Living Bible
3 Then the Lord said to me, “Go, and get your wife again and bring her back to you and love her, even though she loves adultery. For the Lord still loves Israel though she has turned to other gods and offered them choice gifts.”
2 So I bought her back from her slavery[a] for a couple of dollars and eight bushels of barley,
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- Hosea 3:2 back from her slavery, implied.
Hosea 3:1-2
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Hosea 3:1-2
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Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife
3 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)”
2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels[a] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[b] of barley.
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