3Hosea 3

CHAP. III. / 1 By the expiation of an adulteresse, 4 is shewed the desolation of Israel before their restauration.

1Then said the Lord vnto me, Goe yet, loue a woman (beloued of her friend, yet an adulteresse) according to the loue of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who looke to other gods, and loue flagons of wine.Select Hosea 3:1

2So I bought her to me for fifteene pieces of siluer, and for an homer of barley and an halfe homer of barley.Select Hosea 3:2

3And I said vnto her, Thou shalt abide for me many dayes, thou shalt not play the harlot, & thou shalt not be for an other man, so will I also be for thee.Select Hosea 3:3

4For the children of Israel shall abide many dayes without a King, and without a Prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an Ephod, and without Teraphim.Select Hosea 3:4

5Afterward shall the children of Israel returne, and seeke the Lord their God, and Dauid their King, and shall feare the Lord, and his goodnesse in the latter dayes.Select Hosea 3:5