Hosea 3: Verse-by-Verse Commentary (with Videos)

5 verses · 1 video commentaries from 1 course · Berean Standard Bible

¹Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”

²So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

³Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

⁴For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

⁵Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

Hosea 3 Verse Notes

Hos 3:4-5

Tolerated or accepted Teraphim practices

Despite condemnations, some biblical passages do not explicitly condemn teraphim, suggesting they were sometimes tolerated or even accepted. In 1 Samuel 19:13-16, Michal uses a teraphim to save David, and the narrative does not criticize her action. Hosea 3:4-5 also lists the absence of teraphim alongside other elements of Israelite life, implying their presence was a normal, perhaps even positive, aspect of their religious practice.

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