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The Prophet Hosea

King James Version 1769 including Apocrypha

- Chapter 3 -

(Zechariah 2:6–13)
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.(a)
2
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:(b)
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:(c)
5
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.

Footnotes

(a)3:1 of wine: Heb. of grapes
(b)3:2 half…: Heb. lethech
(c)3:4 image: Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar