Hosea 3:1
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.
2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
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.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and offer raisin cakes to idols.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- The LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”
- ASV
- And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of [her] friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.
- DARBY
- And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of a friend, and an adulteress, according to the love of Jehovah for the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love raisin-cakes.
- BLB
- And YHWH said to me: “Again go, love a woman loved by by another and is committing adultery, according to the love of YHWH [for] the sons of Israel, and they are turning to other gods and are loving the cakes of raisins!”
- ÅB
- Og Herren sa til meg: Gå igjen bort og elsk en kvinne som er elsket av sin venn og allikevel driver hor, slik som Herren elsker Israels barn, men de vender seg til andre guder og elsker rosinkaker[^1]!
- OTB
- Herren talte til meg: “Gå enda en gang og vis kjærlighet til en kvinne som er elsket av en annen og er utro, slik som Herren elsker Israels folk, selv om de vender seg til andre guder og gleder seg over rosinkaker.”
- B1930
- Og Herren sa til mig: Gå atter bort og elsk en kvinne som er elsket av sin venn og allikevel driver hor, likesom Herren elsker Israels barn, men de vender sig til andre guder og elsker rosinkaker!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 3:12–14
Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:22
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Read in contextHosea 1:2–3
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
Read in contextMicah 7:18–20
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 7:6–7
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
Read in contextPsalms 106:43–46
Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity.
Read in contextMicah 7:7
Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
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