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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/2.htm" title="Hosea 2">◄</a> Hosea 3 <a href="../hosea/4.htm" title="Hosea 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch35003" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn35003" class="cn"></h1> <p class="pf"><span class="hemb">Hosea and His Wife Reunited.<a id="rfn35003001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35003001-1">*</a></span> <span id="v35003001" class="ver">1</span>Again the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> said to me:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">Go, love a woman</p> <p class="sl1">who is loved by her spouse but commits adultery;</p> <p class="sl">Just as the <span class="tetr">Lord</span> loves the Israelites,</p> <p class="sl1">though they turn to other gods</p> <p class="sl1l">and love raisin cakes.<a id="rfn35003001-2" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35003001-2">*</a></p> </div> <p><span id="v35003002" class="ver">2</span><a id="rfn35003002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35003002-1">*</a> So I acquired her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. <span id="v35003003" class="ver">3</span>Then I said to her:</p> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf">“You will wait for me for many days;</p> <p class="sl1">you will not prostitute yourself</p> <p class="sl">Or belong to any man;</p> <p class="sl1">I in turn will wait for you.”</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35003004" class="ver">4</span><a id="rfn35003004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35003004-1">*</a> For the Israelites will remain many days</p> <p class="sl1">without king or prince,</p> <p class="sl">Without sacrifice or sacred pillar,</p> <p class="sl1">without ephod or household gods.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35003005" class="ver">5</span>Afterward the Israelites will turn back</p> <p class="sl1">and seek the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, their God,</p> <p class="sl1">and David, their king;<a id="rfn35003005-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35003005-1">*</a> <a id="ren35003005-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35003005-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl">They will come trembling to the <span class="tetr">Lord</span></p> <p class="sl1">and to his bounty, in the last days.</p> </div> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture texts, prefaces, introductions, footnotes and cross references used in this work are taken from the <i>New American Bible, revised edition</i> © 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