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Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/hosea/3.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then the LORD said to me, “Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover. 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="/esv/hosea/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> And the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” <a href="/bsb/hosea/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Then 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 offer raisin cakes to idols.” <a href="/kjv/hosea/3.htm">King James Bible</a> Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/3.htm">New King James Version</a> Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just like the love of the LORD for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans.” <a href="/nasb_/hosea/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her husband, yet is committing adultery, as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” <a href="/nasb/hosea/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then the LORD said to me, &#8220Go again, love a woman who is loved by her husband, yet an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/hosea/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her husband, yet an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” <a href="/lsb/hosea/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her companion and is an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” <a href="/amp/hosea/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman (Gomer) who is beloved by her husband and yet is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love the raisin cakes [used in the feasts in pagan worship].” <a href="/csb/hosea/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the LORD said to me, “Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the LORD loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” <a href="/hcsb/hosea/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the LORD said to me, &#8220Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the LORD loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.&#8221 <a href="/asv/hosea/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins. <a href="/cev/hosea/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Once again the LORD spoke to me. And this time he said, "Hosea, fall in love with an unfaithful woman who has a lover. Do this to show that I love the people of Israel, even though they worship idols and enjoy the offering cakes made with fruit." <a href="/erv/hosea/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the LORD said unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend and an adulteress, even as the LORD loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins. <a href="/gwt/hosea/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then the LORD told me, "Love your wife again, even though she is loved by others and has committed adultery. Love her as I, the LORD, love the Israelites, even though they have turned to other gods and love to eat raisin cakes." <a href="/gnt/hosea/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD said to me, "Go again and show your love for a woman who is committing adultery with a lover. You must love her just as I still love the people of Israel, even though they turn to other gods and like to take offerings of raisins to idols." <a href="/isv/hosea/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then the LORD told me: "Go love your wife again, even though she is being loved by another and is committing adultery. Love her the same way the LORD loves the people of Israel, even though they look to other gods and love raisin cakes." <a href="/msb/hosea/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Then 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 offer raisin cakes to idols.” <a href="/net/hosea/3.htm">NET Bible</a> The LORD said to me, "Go, show love to your wife again, even though she loves another man and continually commits adultery. Likewise, the LORD loves the Israelites although they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols." <a href="/nheb/hosea/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The LORD said to me, "Go again, love a woman who loves another, and is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins." <a href="/wbt/hosea/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Then said the LORD to me, Go yet, love a woman beloved by her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD towards the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. <a href="/web/hosea/3.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And YHWH says to me: “Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of YHWH, the sons of Israel, and they are turning to other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.” <a href="/ylt/hosea/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah saith unto me: 'Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.' <a href="/slt/hosea/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah will say to me, Yet go, love a woman loving evil and an adulteress, as Jehovah loves the sons of Israel, and they took to other gods and love raisin-cakes.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the Lord said to me: Go yet again, and love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress : as the Lord loveth the children of Israel, and they look to strange gods, and love the husks of the grapes. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the Lord said to me: “Go yet again, and love a woman, beloved by a friend, yet an adulteress, for so does the Lord love the sons of Israel, yet they look to strange gods, and love the seeds of grapes.” <a href="/nabre/hosea/3.htm">New American Bible</a> Again the LORD said to me: Go, love a woman who is loved by her spouse but commits adultery; Just as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes. <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD said to me again, “Go, love a woman who has a lover and is an adulteress, just as the LORD loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> THEN the LORD said to me, Go again, love a woman who is fond of doing evil things and an adulteress, as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they have turned and have gone after other gods, and love raisin cakes. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH said to me: ”Again, go love a woman, an adulteress, who loves evil things, as LORD JEHOVAH loves the children of Israel, and they turned after other gods, and they loved honey cakes of raisins”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the LORD said unto me: 'Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend and an adulteress, even as the LORD loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins. <a href="/sep/hosea/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the Lord said to me, Go yet, and love a woman that loves evil things, an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, and they have respect to strange gods, and love cakes of dried grapes. <a href="/parallel/hosea/3-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=402" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hosea/3.htm">Hosea Redeems His Wife</a> 1<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">Then the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">to me,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lêḵ (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">“Go</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ĕhaḇ- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">show love</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·šāh (N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">to your wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">again,</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: ’ă·hu·ḇaṯ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fsc) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">though she is loved</a> <a href="/hebrew/7453.htm" title="7453: rê·a‘ (N-ms) -- Friend, companion, fellow. Or reya2; from ra'ah; an associate.">by another</a> <a href="/hebrew/5003.htm" title="5003: ū·mə·nā·’ā·p̄eṯ (Conj-w:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-fs) -- To commit adultery. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize.">and is an adulteress.</a> <a href="/hebrew/160.htm" title="160: kə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ (Prep-k:: V-Qal-Inf) -- Love (noun). Feminine of 'ahab and meaning the same.">Love her</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">as the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">loves</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: wə·hêm (Conj-w:: Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">though they</a> <a href="/hebrew/6437.htm" title="6437: pō·nîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To turn. A primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. Appear, look, etc.">turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">other</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">gods</a> <a href="/hebrew/157.htm" title="157: wə·’ō·hă·ḇê (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To love. Or raheb; a primitive root; to have affection for.">and offer</a> <a href="/hebrew/809.htm" title="809: ’ă·šî·šê (N-fpc) -- A raisin cake. Feminine of 'ashiysh; something closely pressed together, i.e. A cake of raisins or other comfits.">raisin cakes to idols.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/6025.htm" title="6025: ‘ă·nā·ḇîm (N-mp) -- A grape. From an unused root probably meaning to bear fruit; a grape."></a> 2So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Jeremiah 3:20</a> But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/16-32.htm">Ezekiel 16:32</a> You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband! <a href="/ezekiel/23-30.htm">Ezekiel 23:30</a> have brought these things upon you, because you have prostituted yourself with the nations and defiled yourself with their idols. <a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a> See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! <a href="/jeremiah/2-2.htm">Jeremiah 2:2</a> “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. <a href="/jeremiah/31-3.htm">Jeremiah 31:3</a> The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. <a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Ezekiel 16:8</a> Then I passed by and saw you, and you were indeed old enough for love. So I spread My cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I pledged Myself to you, entered into a covenant with you, and you became Mine, declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/deuteronomy/7-8.htm">Deuteronomy 7:8</a> But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. <a href="/2_kings/17-33.htm">2 Kings 17:33</a> They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away. <a href="/2_kings/17-41.htm">2 Kings 17:41</a> So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did. <a href="/matthew/9-13.htm">Matthew 9:13</a> But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” <a href="/matthew/12-39.htm">Matthew 12:39</a> Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. <a href="/matthew/21-31.htm">Matthew 21:31-32</a> Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. / For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him. <a href="/luke/15-1.htm">Luke 15:1-2</a> Now all the tax collectors and sinners were gathering around to listen to Jesus. / So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” <a href="/luke/15-11.htm">Luke 15:11-32</a> Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. / The younger son said to him, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. / After a few days, the younger son got everything together and journeyed to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in wild living. ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Then said the LORD to me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.Go yet.<a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Hosea 1:2,3</a> The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD… friend.<a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1,20</a> They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD… <a href="/matthew/26-50.htm">Matthew 26:50</a> And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.according.<a href="/hosea/11-8.htm">Hosea 11:8</a> How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.<a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6,7</a> For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth… <a href="/judges/10-16.htm">Judges 10:16</a> And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.look.<a href="/psalms/123-2.htm">Psalm 123:2</a> Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.<a href="/isaiah/17-7.htm">Isaiah 17:7,8</a> At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel… <a href="/isaiah/45-22.htm">Isaiah 45:22</a> Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.love flagons.<a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Hosea 4:11</a> Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.<a href="/hosea/7-5.htm">Hosea 7:5</a> In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners.<a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1,2</a> Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor… wine.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-32.htm">Adulteress</a> <a href="/daniel/11-37.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-17.htm">Cakes</a> <a href="/hosea/2-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-12.htm">Flagons</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-35.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/daniel/11-37.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/hosea/2-16.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/hosea/1-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/2-23.htm">Love</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-7.htm">Raisin</a> <a href="/songs/2-5.htm">Raisins</a> <a href="/daniel/11-29.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/daniel/12-3.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/hosea/2-22.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/matthew/5-32.htm">Adulteress</a> <a href="/hosea/9-16.htm">Beloved</a> <a href="/matthew/14-17.htm">Cakes</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/25-29.htm">Flagons</a> <a href="/micah/7-5.htm">Friend</a> <a href="/hosea/4-17.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/joel/1-8.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/4-18.htm">Love</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-3.htm">Raisin</a> <a href="/1_samuel/25-18.htm">Raisins</a> <a href="/hosea/5-1.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/hosea/3-5.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 3</div>1. <a href="/hosea/3-1.htm">The Lord's intended future kindness to Israel, not withstanding their wickedness, </a> 2. <a href="/hosea/3-2.htm">illustrated by the emblem of Hosea's conduct toward his adulterous wife.</a> 4. <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">The desolation of Israel before their restoration.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/hosea/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>Then the LORD said to me This phrase indicates divine communication, emphasizing the prophetic nature of Hosea's mission. The Hebrew root for "LORD" is "YHWH," the sacred name of God, underscoring His authority and covenant relationship with Israel. The phrase sets the stage for a direct command from God, highlighting the importance of obedience and the role of prophets as God's messengers.Go, show love to your wife again The command "Go" signifies action and obedience, urging Hosea to take initiative. "Show love" translates from the Hebrew word "ahav," which encompasses deep affection and commitment. This directive is not just about emotional affection but a covenantal love that mirrors God's steadfast love for His people. The word "again" implies restoration and forgiveness, reflecting God's willingness to restore Israel despite their unfaithfulness.though she is loved by another and is an adulteress This phrase acknowledges Gomer's unfaithfulness, paralleling Israel's spiritual adultery. The Hebrew term for "adulteress" is "na'aph," indicating a breach of covenant. This highlights the gravity of Israel's idolatry and the pain it causes God, yet it also sets the stage for redemption. The acknowledgment of her current state underscores the depth of Hosea's—and God's—love, which persists despite betrayal.Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites Here, the comparison between Hosea's love for Gomer and God's love for Israel is explicit. The Hebrew word for "love" is again "ahav," emphasizing a love that is unconditional and covenantal. This phrase serves as a powerful reminder of God's unwavering commitment to His people, despite their repeated infidelities. It calls believers to reflect on the nature of divine love and its implications for human relationships.though they turn to other gods This phrase highlights Israel's idolatry, a recurring theme in the Old Testament. The Hebrew word for "turn" is "panah," suggesting a deliberate choice to abandon God. This turning away is not just a physical act but a spiritual betrayal, akin to adultery. It serves as a warning against the dangers of idolatry and the importance of remaining faithful to God.and love the sacred raisin cakes The "sacred raisin cakes" were offerings associated with pagan worship, possibly linked to fertility rites. This phrase illustrates the tangible ways in which Israel's idolatry manifested. The Hebrew word for "love" here is again "ahav," indicating a misplaced affection for things that lead them away from God. This serves as a metaphor for the allure of sin and the need for spiritual discernment.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) Adulteress.--The woman described here is the daughter of Diblaim--beloved of her friend; better rendered, loved by another. This is preferable to the LXX., "a lover of evil," which is based on a different reading of the same original text. Gomer is now the concubine slave of another--possibly in poor and destitute condition. And yet the prophet's love for her is like Jehovah's love for "the children of Israel, even when they are turned to other gods, and love grape-cakes"--the luscious sacrificial cakes used in idolatrous worship: a term generally descriptive of the licentious accompaniments of the Ashtoreth worship. (Comp. <a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm" title="The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.">Jeremiah 7:18</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 1. - The general meaning of this verse is well given in the Chaldee Targum: "Go, utter a prophecy against the house of Israel, who are like a woman very dear to her husband, and who, though she is unfaithful to him, is nevertheless so greatly loved by him that he is unwilling to put her away. Such is the love of the Lord towards Israel; but they turn aside to the idols of the nations." The word mr is in contrast with 'techillath, as the second part of Jehovah's continued discourse. It is erroneously and, contrary to the accents, constructed with "said" by Kimchi and others (Ewald considers it admissible, Umbreit preferable). Kimchi's comment on this verse is: "After the prophet finished his words of consolation, he returns to words of censure, turning to the men of his own time. And it is the custom of the prophets to intermingle reproofs with consolations in their discourses. But he says yet (again), because he had already commanded him to marry a wife of whoredoms, and now he speaks to him another parable." This time he does not employ the ordinary and usual word "take," but "love." plainly implying that he had already married her, so that her unfaithfulness took place in wedlock; or rather indicating the object of the union. Beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress. Her friend or companion is (1) her lawful husband, but contemporaneously and continuously with her husband's love to her are her adulteries with others, as is implied by the participles. (2) רֵע, being indefinite as not having article or suffix, is understood by some to be an acquaintance or lover, and preferred, as a milder term, to מְאַהֵב. The contrast was realized in Jehovah's love for Israel, notwithstanding their spiritual adultery in worshipping other gods. According to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel who look (turn) to other gods. Two expressions in this clause recall, if they do not actually reflect, the words of two older Scriptures; thus in <a href="/deuteronomy/7-8.htm">Deuteronomy 7:8</a> we read, "Because the Lord loved you;" and in <a href="/deuteronomy/31-18.htm">Deuteronomy 31:18</a>, "They are turned unto ether gods." (3) The LXX. has γυναῖκα ἀγαπῶσαν πονηρά, having probably read אֹהֶבֶת רַע. And love flagons of wine (margin, grapes). The term ashishe, according to Rashi and Aben Ezra, means "bowls," that is, "bowls of wine" (literally, "of grapes"). They probably connected the word with the root shesh, six, a sextorius, and hence any other wine-vessel. The Septuagint, however, renders the word πέμματα μετὰ σταφίδος, "cakes with dried grapes." This meaning is to be preferred, whether we derive the word from אִשַׁשׁ, to press together, or from אֵשׁ, fire; according to the former and correct derivation, the sense being cakes of grapes pressed together; according to the latter, cakes baked with fire. Gesenius differentiates the word from צִמּוּק, dried grapes, but not pressed together into a cake, and from דְּבֵלַה, figs pressed together into a cake. These raisin-cakes were regarded as luxuries and used as delicacies; hence a fondness for such indicated a proneness to sensual indulgence, and figuratively the sensuous service belonging to idol-worship. <a href="/commentaries/hosea/3-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then the LORD יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel said וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to me, אֵלַ֗י (’ê·lay) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to “Go לֵ֣ךְ (lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk show love אֱ‍ֽהַב־ (’ĕhaḇ-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f to your wife אִשָּׁ֔ה (’iš·šāh) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female again, ע֚וֹד (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more though she is loved אֲהֻ֥בַת (’ă·hu·ḇaṯ) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f by another רֵ֖עַ (rê·a‘) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7453.htm">Strong's 7453: </a> Friend, companion, fellow and is an adulteress. וּמְנָאָ֑פֶת (ū·mə·nā·’ā·p̄eṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5003.htm">Strong's 5003: </a> To commit adultery, to apostatize [Love her] כְּאַהֲבַ֤ת (kə·’a·hă·ḇaṯ) Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_160.htm">Strong's 160: </a> Love (noun) as the LORD יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel loves וְאֹהֲבֵ֖י (wə·’ō·hă·ḇê) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_157.htm">Strong's 157: </a> To have affection f the Israelites, בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> A son though they וְהֵ֗ם (wə·hêm) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> They turn פֹּנִים֙ (pō·nîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6437.htm">Strong's 6437: </a> To turn, to face, appear, look to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to other אֲחֵרִ֔ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> Hinder, next, other gods אֱלֹהִ֣ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative [and offer] cakes אֲשִׁישֵׁ֥י (’ă·šî·šê) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_809.htm">Strong's 809: </a> Something closely pressed together, a cake of raisins, other comfits of raisin.” עֲנָבִֽים׃ (‘ă·nā·ḇîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6025.htm">Strong's 6025: </a> A grape <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/3-1.htm">Hosea 3:1 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/3-1.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 3:1 Yahweh said to me Go again love (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/2-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 2:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 2:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/3-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 3:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 3:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>