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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 by Hosea. And Jehovah said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from Jehovah. (Hos. 1:2)

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Jer. 3:1,20• ¹{i}They 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.{/i}
²⁰{i}Surely as a woman treacherously departeth from her companion, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.{/i} (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 by Hosea. And Jehovah said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from Jehovah.
³So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. (Hos. 1:2‑3)

friend.

Jer. 3:1,20• ¹{i}They 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.{/i}
²⁰{i}Surely as a woman treacherously departeth from her companion, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah.{/i} (Jer. 3:1,20)

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Jer. 3• (Jer. 3)

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

according.

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

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Deut. 7:6‑7• ⁶{i}For 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.{/i}
⁷{i}Not 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;{/i} (Deut. 7:6‑7)

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

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2 Kings 13:23• ²³{i}And 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.{/i} (2 Kings 13:23)

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Neh. 9:18‑19,31• ¹⁸{i}Yea, 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,{/i}
¹⁹{i}yet 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 show them light, and the way wherein they should go.{/i}
³¹{i}Nevertheless 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.{/i} (Neh. 9:18‑19,31)

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Psa. 106:43‑46• ⁴³Many times he delivereth them,{HR}And they rebel in their counsel{HR}And were brought low by their iniquity.
⁴⁴But he regarded them in the distress{HR}When he heard them cry.
⁴⁵And he remembered for them his covenant,{HR}And repented according to the multitude of his mercies;
⁴⁶And he gave them compassion{HR}Before all that took them captives. (Psa. 106:43‑46)

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Jer. 3:1‑4,12‑14• ¹{i}They 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.{/i}
²{i}Lift 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.{/i}
³{i}And the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; but thou hast a harlot's forehead, thou refusest to be ashamed.{/i}
⁴{i}Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth?{/i}
¹²{i}Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say{/i}, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith Jehovah; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith Jehovah, and I will not keep anger forever.
¹³Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against Jehovah thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith Jehovah.
¹⁴Turn, O backsliding children, saith Jehovah, for I am married 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 my dear son? Is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:20)

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Mic. 7:18‑20• ¹⁸{i}Who 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 forever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.{/i}
¹⁹{i}He 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.{/i}
²⁰{i}Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.{/i} (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 a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. (Zech. 1:16)

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

look.

Psa. 123:2• ²Behold, as eyes of servants unto their masters' hand,{HR}As a handmaid's eyes unto her mistress's hand,{HR}So [are] our eyes unto Jehovah our God{HR}Until he be gracious to 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 respect to the Holy One of Israel.
⁸And he will not look to the altars, the work of his hands, nor have regard to [that] which 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• ⁷{i}But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.{/i} (Mic. 7:7)

love flagons.

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

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Hos. 7:5• ⁵In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. (Hos. 7:5)

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Hos. 9:1‑2• ¹{i}Rejoice 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.{/i}
²{i}The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her.{/i} (Hos. 9:1‑2)

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Ex. 32:6• ⁶{i}And 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.{/i} (Ex. 32:6)

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Judg. 9:27• ²⁷{i}And 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.{/i} (Judg. 9:27)

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Amos 2:8• ⁸{i}And 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.{/i} (Amos 2:8)

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

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

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1 Peter 4:3• ³For the past time [is] sufficient to have wrought out the will of the Gentiles, walking as ye had done in lasciviousness, lusts, wine-bibbings, revels, carousings, 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Then said Jehovah unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress according to the love of Jehovah toward the sons of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagonsa of grapes.

WK Translation Notes

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Or, cakes.