Hosea Chapter 3 [KJV]

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1 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. Yet, love a woman – Following the Lord's direction, Hosea took back his wife, reclaiming her; and the message to Israel was of God's continued love for that people. R5809:2

2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: So I bought her – Hosea purchased back his unfaithful wife from the slavery into which she had been sold. R2491:2

Voicing the Lord's tender compassion to Israel. R2491:2

Taking her back under his own roof, but not as his wife. He was compassionate toward her and her offspring. R4811:2


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: The children of Israel – "His blood be upon us, and upon our children." (Matt. 27:25) R5571:4

Many days – Many years. OV105:T

Without – Without any communication with God whatever; a mark of divine disfavor. OV76:1, OV104:8

Without a sacrifice – Thus the annual Atonement Day, for more than 18 centuries, has been a farce--but the matter should be mentioned to Jewish people with full sympathy, calling attention to the fact that where the type ceased the antitype began. OV105:1

Aliens from God, without prophet, priest, sin offerings, Atonement Days. R5571:4


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. Afterward – The time nears when the Lord will pour upon Israel the spirit of prayer and supplication. (Zech. 12:10) R5571:4

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