The Lord Foretells How Unfaithful Israel Is & Will Later Return to Him |
Hosea 3:1-5 The Book of Hosea [in Smaller Chunks] |
Then, the Lord said to me, [Still] go, according to the love the Lord [had] toward the children [people] of Israel & love a woman, [who still] [is] an adulteress, beloved [by] her friend, who [looks] to other gods & [loves flasks] of wine. |
[1 Chronicles 5:25 And they [sinned] against the God of their [forefathers,] & went [like] a [harlot] after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.] |
So, I bought her [for Myself,] for 15 pieces of silver; & 1 1/2 [homers] of barley. And I said to her, You shall [stay with] Me many days & you shall [no longer] play the [unfaithful] harlot. |
[Psalm 106:35-38 But you were [mixed] among the heathen, & learned their works. And they served their idols, [that] were a snare to them. [Yes,] they sacrificed their sons & their daughters to [demons,] & shed [the] blood [of the] innocent, even their sons & their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. And the land was [defiled] with blood.] |
And you shall [no longer] be another man: for I will also be for you. For the children [people] of Israel shall [remain] many days without: a king; a prince; a sacrifice; an image; an ephod; & without a teraphim, [a.k.a. idols.] |
Afterward, the children [people] of Israel shall return & seek the Lord their God, & David, their king. And shall fear [respect] the Lord & His goodness in the latter days. |