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Hosea 3
New King James Version

### Israel Will Return to God

3 Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a (A)lover[a] and is committing adultery, just like the love of the Lord for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans.”

2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley. 3 And I said to her, “You shall (B)stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, will I be toward you.”

4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days (C)without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without (D)ephod or (E)teraphim. 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and (F)seek the Lord their God and (G)David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the (H)latter days.

#### Footnotes

1. Hosea 3:1 Lit. friend or husband

#### Cross references

1. Hosea 3:1 : Jer. 3:20
2. Hosea 3:3 : Deut. 21:13
3. Hosea 3:4 : Hos. 10:3
4. Hosea 3:4 : Ex. 28:4–12; 1 Sam. 23:9–12
5. Hosea 3:4 : Gen. 31:19, 34; Judg. 17:5; 18:14, 17; [1 Sam. 15:23]
6. Hosea 3:5 : Jer. 50:4
7. Hosea 3:5 : Jer. 30:9; Ezek. 34:24
8. Hosea 3:5 : [Is. 2:2, 3]; Jer. 31:9

New King James Version (NKJV)

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