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| 1 And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.' |
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
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| 2 And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech 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
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| 3 and I say unto her, 'Many days thou dost remain for Me, thou dost not go a-whoring, nor become any one's; and I also [am] for thee.' |
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| 4 For many days remain do the sons of Israel without a king, and there is no prince, and there is no sacrifice, and there is no standing pillar, and there is no ephod and 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
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| 5 Afterwards turned back have the sons of Israel, and sought Jehovah their God, and David their king, and have hastened unto Jehovah, and unto His goodness, in the latter end of the 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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