Hosea 3 (NET)

Hosea 3:1¹The Lord said to me, “Go, show love to your wife again, even though she loves another man and continually commits adultery. Likewise, the Lord loves the Israelites although they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 3:12-14Hos 1:2-3Isa 45:22Jer 31:20Mic 7:18-20Deut 7:6-7Hos 11:8Luke 1:54-55Mic 7:7Ps 106:43-46

Hosea 3:2²So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley to purchase her.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 34:12Ezek 45:11Lev 27:161 Sam 18:25Exod 22:17Gen 31:41Isa 5:10

Hosea 3:3³Then I told her, “You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or become joined to another man, and I also will wait for you.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 21:13

Hosea 3:4⁴For the Israelites must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Judg 17:52 Chr 15:2Gen 31:191 Sam 23:9Dan 12:11Dan 9:27Exod 28:4Heb 10:26John 19:15Judg 8:27

Hosea 3:5⁵Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in future days.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 30:9Jer 50:4-5Ezek 34:23-24Isa 2:2Ezek 37:22-25Rom 2:4Isa 55:3-4Ps 130:3-4Ezek 16:63Mic 4:1