LEB by section HOS 3:0b

Another Symbolic Marriage

“Go, love a woman
[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  and a homer of barely and a measure of wine.[fn]
- 3  “[fn] for many days,
  - and you will not play the whore;
[fn] to a man,
- and I will belong to you.”
- 4  without a king and prince,
- without sacrifice and stone pillar, ephod and teraphim.
- 5  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”