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Hos. 3:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then said the Lord unto me, Go yetd, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteresse, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of γwine.

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Hos. 1:2• ²The beginning of the word of Jehovah through Hosea. And Jehovah said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms; for the land is entirely given up to whoredom, away from Jehovah. (Hos. 1:2)

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Jer. 3:1,20• ¹They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.
²⁰Surely as a woman treacherously departeth from her companion, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 3:1,20)

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grapes.

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flagon,

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Wine,

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5: The Lord's intended future kindness to Israel, not withstanding their wickedness, illustrated by the emblem

of Hosea's conduct towards his adulterous wife.

4-5: The desolation of Israel before their restoration.

Go yet.

Hos. 1:2‑3• ²The beginning of the word of Jehovah through Hosea. And Jehovah said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms; for the land is entirely given up to whoredom, away from Jehovah.
³And he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived and bore him a son. (Hos. 1:2‑3)

friend.

Jer. 3:1,20• ¹They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.
²⁰Surely as a woman treacherously departeth from her companion, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 3:1,20)

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Jer. 3• (Jer. 3)

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Matt. 26:50• ⁵⁰But Jesus said to him, My friend, for what purpose art thou come? Then coming up they laid hands upon Jesus and seized him. (Matt. 26:50)

according.

Hos. 11:8• ⁸How shall I give thee over, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee up, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? My heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. (Hos. 11:8)

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Deut. 7:6‑7• ⁶For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
⁷Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples; (Deut. 7:6‑7)

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Judg. 10:16• ¹⁶And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served Jehovah; and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. (Judg. 10:16)

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2 Kings 13:23• ²³And Jehovah was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and he would not destroy them, neither did he cast them from his presence up to that time. (2 Kings 13:23)

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Neh. 9:18‑19,31• ¹⁸Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt! and they had wrought great provocation,
¹⁹yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud departed not from over them by day, to lead them on the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go.
³¹Nevertheless for thy manifold mercies' sake, thou didst not make a full end of them nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful *God. (Neh. 9:18‑19,31)

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Psa. 106:43‑46• ⁴³Often did he deliver them; but as for them they provoked him by their counsel, and they were brought low by their iniquity.
⁴⁴But he regarded their distress, when he heard their cry;
⁴⁵And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses;
⁴⁶And he caused them to find compassion of all those that had carried them captives. (Psa. 106:43‑46)

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Jer. 3:1‑4,12‑14• ¹They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? Would not that land be utterly polluted? But thou hast committed fornication with many lovers; yet return to me, saith Jehovah.
²Lift up thine eyes unto the heights and see, where hast thou not been lain with? In the ways hast thou sat for them, as an Arab in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy fornications and with thy wickedness.
³And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed.
⁴Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?
¹²Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah: I will not make my face dark upon you; for I am merciful, saith Jehovah; I will not keep anger for ever.
¹³Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast turned thy ways hither and thither to the strangers under every green tree; and ye have not hearkened to my voice, saith Jehovah.
¹⁴Return, backsliding children, saith Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you, and I will take you, one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion. (Jer. 3:1‑4,12‑14)

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Jer. 31:20• ²⁰Is Ephraim a dear son unto me? is he a child of delights? For whilst I have been speaking against him, I do constantly remember him still. Therefore my bowels are troubled for him: I will certainly have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:20)

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Mic. 7:18‑20• ¹⁸Who is a *God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.
¹⁹He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
²⁰Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old. (Mic. 7:18‑20)

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Zech. 1:16• ¹⁶Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and the line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. (Zech. 1:16)

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Luke 1:54‑55• ⁵⁴He has helped Israel his servant, in order to remember mercy,
⁵⁵(as he spoke to our fathers,) to Abraham and to his seed for ever. (Luke 1:54‑55)

look.

Psa. 123:2• ²Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are directed to Jehovah our God, until he be gracious unto us. (Psa. 123:2)

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Isa. 17:7‑8• ⁷In that day shall man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have regard to the Holy One of Israel.
⁸And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, nor have regard to what his fingers have made, neither the Asherahs nor the sun-images. (Isa. 17:7‑8)

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Isa. 45:22• ²²Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am *God, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:22)

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Mic. 7:7• ⁷But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. (Mic. 7:7)

love flagons.

Hos. 4:11• ¹¹Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart. (Hos. 4:11)

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Hos. 7:5• ⁵In the day of our king, the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine: he stretched out his hand to scorners. (Hos. 7:5)

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Hos. 9:1‑2• ¹Rejoice not, Israel, exultingly, as the peoples; for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved harlot's hire upon every corn-floor.
²The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her. (Hos. 9:1‑2)

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Ex. 32:6• ⁶And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered up burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to sport. (Ex. 32:6)

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Judg. 9:27• ²⁷And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made rejoicings, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech. (Judg. 9:27)

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Amos 2:8• ⁸And they lay themselves down by every altar upon clothes taken in pledge, and they drink in the house of their God the wine of the condemned. (Amos 2:8)

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Amos 6:6• ⁶that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments; but are not grieved for the breach of Joseph. (Amos 6:6)

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1 Cor. 10:7,21• ⁷Neither be ye idolaters, as some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
²¹Ye cannot drink the Lord's cup, and the cup of demons: ye cannot partake of the Lord's table, and of the table of demons. (1 Cor. 10:7,21)

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1 Peter 4:3• ³For the time past is sufficient for us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, walking in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-drinking, revels, drinkings, and unhallowed idolatries. (1 Peter 4:3)

wine.

Heb. grapes.

• This chapter winds up, as has been stated, the introductory portion of our prophecy. (“Hosea 3” by W. Kelly)

• The precision of the language, and the purity of God’s servant even under so singular an injunction, are equally beautiful. She is called no longer thy wife but “a woman”; but her impurity was after marriage, and so she is justly named an adulteress. He is told to go again, and love her, a woman beloved by a “friend.” Conjugal love is not intended; yet was she to be loved, as indeed she had been: there was no excuse for her sin in any failure of his affection. (“Hosea 3” by W. Kelly)

• For the connection of cakes with idolatry, see Jeremiah 7:18; 44; 19. (“Hosea 3” by W. Kelly)

• Hosea 3 presents a still more concise summary of Israel’s past, present, and future, yet with fresh and striking features in this new outline. (“Hosea 3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of a friendn, and an adulteress, according to the love of Jehovah for the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love raisin-cakes.

JND Translation Notes

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See Jer. 3.20.