Hosea 3:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 So [a]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 with [b]me many days: thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt be to none other man, and I will be so unto thee.
4 For the children of Israel shall [c]remain many days without a king and without a [d]prince, and without an offering, and without an image, and without an Ephod, and without Teraphim.
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- Hosea 3:2 Yet I loved her and paid a small portion for her, lest she perceiving the greatness of my love, should have abused me, and not been under duty: for fifteen pieces of silver were but half the price of a slave, Exod. 21:32.
- Hosea 3:3 I will try thee a long time as in thy widowhood whether thou wilt be mine or no.
- Hosea 3:4 Meaning, not only all the time of their captivity, but also unto Christ.
- Hosea 3:4 That is, they should neither have policy nor religion, and their idols also wherein they put their confidence, should be destroyed.
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