Hosea 3 | LEB

LEB HOS Chapter 3

Another Symbolic Marriage

3 And Yahweh said to me again,
“Go, love a woman
who has a lover[fn] and is committing adultery,
- just like the love of Yahweh for the children of Israel,
but they are turning to other gods
- and love raisin cakes.”
2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver
- and a homer of barely and a measure of wine.[fn]
3 And I said to her,
- “ You must remain as mine[fn] for many days,
  - and you will not play the whore;
you will not belong[fn] to a man,
- and I will belong to you.”
4 The children of Israel will remain for many days
- without a king and prince,
- without sacrifice and stone pillar, ephod and teraphim.
5 Afterward the children of Israel will return
- and seek Yahweh their God and David their king.
They will come in fear to Yahweh
- and to his goodness at the end of days.

3:? Literally “who is beloved of a friend”

3:? Hebrew “a measure of barley”; the LXX has “a nebel of wine,” although some modern translations, e.g. NASB, have “a homer and a half of barley”

3:? Literally “You must sit at home for me”

3:? Literally “you will not be”