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title: Hosea 3
slug: kjv/hosea-3
createdAt: 2024-08-25T02:43:39.999Z
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**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. **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: **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.