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Hosea 3
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Hosea 3
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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. 3 Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”
4 For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,(C) without sacrifice(D) or sacred stones,(E) without ephod(F) or household gods.(G) 5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek(H) the Lord their God and David their king.(I) They will come trembling(J) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.(K)
Hosea 3
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Hosea 3
King James Version
3 Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.
4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:
5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
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Hosea 11:4-11
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Hosea 11:4-11
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4 I led them with cords of human kindness,
with ties of love.(A)
To them I was like one who lifts
a little child to the cheek,
and I bent down to feed(B) them.(C)
5 “Will they not return to Egypt(D)
and will not Assyria(E) rule over them
because they refuse to repent?(F)
6 A sword(G) will flash in their cities;
it will devour(H) their false prophets
and put an end to their plans.
7 My people are determined to turn(I) from me.(J)
Even though they call me God Most High,
I will by no means exalt them.
8 “How can I give you up,(K) Ephraim?(L)
How can I hand you over, Israel?
How can I treat you like Admah?
How can I make you like Zeboyim?(M)
My heart is changed within me;
all my compassion(N) is aroused.(O)
9 I will not carry out my fierce anger,(P)
nor will I devastate(Q) Ephraim again.
For I am God, and not a man(R)—
the Holy One(S) among you.
I will not come against their cities.
10 They will follow the Lord;
he will roar(T) like a lion.(U)
When he roars,
his children will come trembling(V) from the west.(W)
11 They will come from Egypt,
trembling like sparrows,
from Assyria,(X) fluttering like doves.(Y)
I will settle them in their homes,”(Z)
declares the Lord.
Hosea 11:4-11
King James Version
Hosea 11:4-11
King James Version
4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
5 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return.
6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
7 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
9 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
10 They shall walk after the Lord: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west.
11 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord.
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