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This will illustrate that the LORD still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and love to worship them.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a>”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>So I bought her back for fifteen pieces of silver<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> and five bushels of barley and a measure of wine.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then I said to her, “You must live in my house for many days and stop your prostitution. During this time, you will not have sexual relations with anyone, not even with me.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a>”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>This shows that Israel will go a long time without a king or prince, and without sacrifices, sacred pillars, priests,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> or even idols! <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But afterward the people will return and devote themselves to the LORD their God and to David’s descendant, their king.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> In the last days, they will tremble in awe of the LORD and of his goodness.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:1a </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Go and love a woman who.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:1b </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">love their raisin cakes.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:2a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">15 [shekels] of silver,</span><span class="ft"> about 6 ounces or 171 grams in weight.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:2b </span><span class="ft">As in Greek version, which reads </span><span class="it">a homer of barley and a wineskin full of wine;</span><span class="ft"> Hebrew reads </span><span class="it">a homer</span><span class="ft"> [5 bushels or 220 liters] </span><span class="it">of barley and a lethek</span><span class="ft"> [2.5 bushels or 110 liters] </span><span class="it">of barley.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">and I will live with you.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:4 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">ephod,</span><span class="ft"> the vest worn by the priest.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">3:5 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">to David their king.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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