Josea Chapter 3

Hosea redeems his wife.

And the Lord said to me,

Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress,

even as the Lord loves the children of Israel.

Though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins, so I bought

her for fifteen shekels of silver, and a homer, and a lethic of barley, and I said to her,

you must dwell as mine for many days, you shall not play the whore or belong to another man,

so will I also be to you.

For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince,

without sacrifice or pillar, without Ephid or household gods. Afterward the children of Israel shall

return and seek the Lord their God and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord

and to His goodness in the latter days.

Hosea chapter 4. The Lord accuses Israel.

Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the

inhabitants of the land. there is no faithfulness

or steadfast love and no knowledge of God in the land. There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing,

and committing adultery. They break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Therefore the land mourns and all who dwell in it languish,

and also the beast of the field and the birds of the heavens and even the fish of the sea are taken

away. Yet let no one contend and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest. You

shall stumble by day, the prophet also shall stumble with you by night,

and I will destroy your mother. My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, because you have

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