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Themes in Hosea 3

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Themes in Hosea 3

Hosea 3:1 (show verse)

Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her husband, yet an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”

Flagon » Translated (av) flagon of wine, cake of raisin (rv)
Idolatry » Consists in » Looking to other gods
Polygamy » Hosea
Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore
Women » Instances of » Gomer, the adulterous wife of hosea

Hosea 3:2 (show verse)

So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley.

Barley » Traffic in
Business life » Miscellaneous topics relating to » Barter
Marriage » Presents given to parents to secure their favor
Marriage » Wives obtained » By purchase
Measure » A homer, about eleven bushels, equal to a cor or ten ephahs
Measure » A half-homer
Polygamy » Hosea
Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore

Hosea 3:3 (show verse)

Then I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you.”

Bear » Ferocity of
Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore

Hosea 3:4 (show verse)

For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or

household idols.

Ephod » A sacred vestment worn by the high priest » Prophecy concerning the absence of the ephod from israel
the Ephod » The emblem of the priestly office
the Ephod » Israel deprived of, for sin
Fear » Who shall fear the lord
Images » Other objects of worship » Teraphim, images, household gods
Jews, the » Deprived of civil and religious privileges
Symbols and similitudes » Marrying a whore
The lord seeking that which was lost » Who shall seek the lord
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Teraphim, images, household gods
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Teraphim, images, household gods

Hosea 3:5 (show verse)

Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness in the last days.

Backsliders » Return of
Jesus Christ, King » The jews shall seek to
David » A prophetic name for Christ
Fear » Who shall fear the lord
God, Goodness of » Reverence
Jews, the » Promises respecting » Their return and seeking to God
The lord seeking that which was lost » Who shall seek the lord