Hosea 3:5

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:

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
KJV
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.
WEB
Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to the LORD and to his blessings in the last days.
ASV
afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.
DARBY
Afterwards shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king; and shall turn with fear toward Jehovah and toward his goodness, at the end of the days.
BLB
Afterward the sons of Israel will return, and they will seek YHWH their God and David their king, and they will come trembling to YHWH and to His goodness in the latter days.
ÅB
Deretter skal Israels barn vende om og søke Herren sin Gud og David sin konge, og bevende skal de søke Herren og hans gaver i de siste dager[^3].
[^1]: d.e. den lokkende avgudsdyrkelse.
[^2]: en letek var en halv homer.
[^3]: 1MO 49, 1.
OTB
Deretter skal Israels folk vende tilbake og søke Herren sin Gud og David sin konge. De skal nærme seg Herren med ærefrykt og søke Hans velsignelser i de siste dager.
B1930
Derefter skal Israels barn vende om og søke Herren sin Gud og David sin konge, og bevende skal de søke Herren og hans gaver i de siste dager.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 50:4–5

    In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.

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  • Jeremiah 30:9

    But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

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  • Ezekiel 34:23–24

    And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

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  • Isaiah 2:2

    And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

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  • Ezekiel 37:22–25

    And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

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  • Romans 2:4

    Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?

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  • Psalms 130:3–4

    If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?

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  • Isaiah 55:3–4

    Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

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