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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 (Gomer) who is beloved by her husband and yet is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love the raisin cakes [used in the feasts in pagan worship].”

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 pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley [the price of a common slave].

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)

And I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the prostitute nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you [until you have proved your faithfulness].”

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 [idolatrous] pillar, and without ephod or teraphim (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 [in deep repentance] and seek the Lord their God and [seek from the line of] David their king [the King of kings—the Messiah]; and they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness and blessing 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