Hosea 3 Christian Standard Bible

Waiting for Restoration

3 Then the Lord said to me, “Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress,^(A) just as the Lord loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”^(B)

²So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and nine bushels of barley.^[a]^[b]^(C) ³I said to her, “You are to live with me many days. You must not be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”

⁴For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince,^(D) without sacrifice^(E) or sacred pillar,^(F) and without ephod^(G) or household idols.^(H) ⁵Afterward, the people of Israel will return^(I) and seek the Lord their God and David their king.^(J) They will come with awe to the Lord^(K) and to his goodness in the last days.

Footnotes

3:2 LXX reads barley and a measure of wine
3:2 Lit silver, a homer of barley, and a lethek of barley

Cross references

3:1 : Hs 1:2
3:1 : 2Sm 6:19; 1Ch 16:3; Sg 2:5
3:2 : Ru 4:10
3:4 : Hs 13:10–11
3:4 : Dn 9:27; 11:31; 12:11; Hs 2:11
3:4 : Hs 10:1–2
3:4 : Ex 28:4–12; 1Sm 23:9–12
3:4 : Gn 31:19,34; Jdg 17:5; 18:14,17
3:5 : Jr 50:4–5
3:5 : Is 11:1–10; Jr 23:5–6; 33:15–16; Ezk 34:24; Rm 11:23
3:5 : Jr 31:9

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