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Then I said to her, “You shall (A)stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a [a]man; so I will also be toward you.” For the sons of Israel will remain for many days (B)without king or prince, (C)without sacrifice or sacred (D)pillar, and without (E)ephod or [b](F)household idols. Afterward the sons of Israel will (G)return and seek Yahweh their God and (H)David their king; and (I)they will come [c]in dread to Yahweh and to His goodness in the last days.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:3 Or husband
  2. Hosea 3:4 Heb teraphim
  3. Hosea 3:5 Or trembling, cf. Is 19:16; Hos 11:10-11

Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”

For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,(A) without sacrifice(B) or sacred stones,(C) without ephod(D) or household gods.(E) Afterward the Israelites will return and seek(F) the Lord their God and David their king.(G) They will come trembling(H) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.(I)

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