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During this time, you will not have sexual relations with anyone, not even with me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/3.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And I said to her, “You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then 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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/3.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for <i>another</i> man: so <i>will</i> I also <i>be</i> for thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And I said to her, “You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, <i>will</i> I <i>be</i> toward you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then I said to her, “You shall live with me for many days. You shall not play the prostitute, nor shall you have <i>another</i> man; so I will also be toward you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then I said to her, &#8220You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />And I said to her, “You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the prostitute nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you [until you have proved your faithfulness].”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I said to her, “You are to live with me many days. You must not be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I said to her, &#8220You must live with me many days. Don&#8217t be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife: so will I also be toward thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then I said, "Now you are mine! You will have to remain faithful to me, though it will be a long time before we sleep together." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife: so will I also be toward thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then I told her, "You must wait for me a long time. Don't be a prostitute or offer yourself to any man. I will wait for you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I told her that for a long time she would have to wait for me without being a prostitute or committing adultery; and during this time I would wait for her. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I told her, "You will remain with me a long time, you won't be promiscuous, you won't be involved with any man, and I'll do the same." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then 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.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then I told her, "You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with another man, and I also will wait for you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so toward you."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I said to her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I said to her, “You shall stay with me many days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so toward you.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and I say to her, “You remain many days for Me, you do not go whoring, nor become anyone’s; and I also [am] for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and I say unto her, 'Many days thou dost remain for Me, thou dost not go a-whoring, nor become any one's; and I also am for thee.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And saying to her, Many days thou shalt well with me; and thou shalt not commit fornication, and thou shalt not be for a man: and also I am for thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I said to her: Thou shalt wait for me many days: thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt be no man's, and I also will wait for thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I said to her, “You will wait for me for many days. You will not commit fornication, and you will not be with a man. But I also will wait for you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then I said to her: “You will wait for me for many days; you will not prostitute yourself Or belong to any man; I in turn will wait for you.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />And I said to her, “You must remain as mine for many days; you shall not play the whore, you shall not have intercourse with a man, nor I with you.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I said to her, You shall dwell as my wife for many days; you shall not play the harlot, and you shall not be for other men; so will I also be for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I said to her: ”Many days you shall dwell with me; you shall not fornicate and you shall not be for a man, and I shall be yours<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and I said unto her: 'Thou shalt sit solitary for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife; nor will I be thine.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I said unto her, Thou shalt wait for me many days; and thou shalt not commit fornication, neither shalt thou be for <i>another</i> man; and I <i>will be</i> for thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/3-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=426" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/3.htm">Hosea Redeems His Wife</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wā·’ō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Then I said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- To, into, towards. ">to her,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: tê·šə·ḇî (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">“You must live</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">with me</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: rab·bîm (Adj-mp) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">for many</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you must not</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: ṯiz·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">be promiscuous</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ṯih·yî (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">or belong to</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: lə·’îš (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">another,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lā·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- To, into, towards. ">will do the same for you.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-8.htm">Ezekiel 16:8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-14.htm">Jeremiah 3:14</a></span><br />“Return, O faithless children,” declares the LORD, “for I am your master, and I will take you—one from a city and two from a family—and bring you to Zion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/54-5.htm">Isaiah 54:5</a></span><br />For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-2.htm">2 Corinthians 11:2</a></span><br />I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-25.htm">Ephesians 5:25-27</a></span><br />Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her / to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, / and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-32.htm">Jeremiah 31:32</a></span><br />It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt—a covenant they broke, though I was a husband to them,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a></span><br />For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19-20</a></span><br />Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; / you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a></span><br />You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/7-4.htm">Romans 7:4</a></span><br />Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a></span><br />But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-4.htm">Isaiah 62:4-5</a></span><br />No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. / For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-1.htm">Matthew 25:1-13</a></span><br />“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. / Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. / The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-7.htm">Revelation 19:7-9</a></span><br />Let us rejoice and be glad and give Him the glory. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His bride has made herself ready. / She was given clothing of fine linen, bright and pure.” For the fine linen she wears is the righteous acts of the saints. / Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16-18</a></span><br />What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” / “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” / And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I said to her, You shall abide for me many days; you shall not play the harlot, and you shall not be for another man: so will I also be for you.</p><p class="hdg">Thou shalt abide.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/21-13.htm">Deuteronomy 21:13</a></b></br> And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/5-19.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/daniel/9-9.htm">Belong</a> <a href="/daniel/6-25.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-9.htm">Intimate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-32.htm">Play</a> <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/daniel/11-27.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-28.htm">Solitary</a> <a href="/ezekiel/48-17.htm">Space</a> <a href="/hosea/2-15.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hosea/2-2.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/zechariah/7-3.htm">Belong</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/acts/10-24.htm">Intimate</a> <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Play</a> <a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Sit</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Solitary</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-10.htm">Space</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Time</a> <a href="/hosea/12-12.htm">Wife</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/3-1.htm">The Lord's intended future kindness to Israel, not withstanding their wickedness, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/3-2.htm">illustrated by the emblem of Hosea's conduct toward his adulterous wife.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">The desolation of Israel before their restoration.</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then I said to her</b><br>This phrase indicates a direct communication from Hosea to his wife, Gomer. Hosea, acting under divine instruction, represents God's voice to Israel. The prophet's actions and words are symbolic of God's relationship with His people. Hosea's role as a prophet is to convey God's message, often through personal experiences that mirror Israel's spiritual condition.<p><b>You must live with me for many days</b><br>This command reflects a period of restoration and purification. In the context of ancient Israel, "many days" suggests a significant time of waiting and transformation. It implies a process of renewal and repentance, mirroring Israel's need to return to God after a period of idolatry and unfaithfulness. This period can be seen as a type of probationary phase, where Gomer, representing Israel, is to demonstrate faithfulness.<p><b>you must not be promiscuous</b><br>The prohibition against promiscuity highlights the call to faithfulness and purity. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, promiscuity was often associated with idolatry, as pagan worship included ritualistic sexual practices. This command underscores the need for spiritual fidelity to God, rejecting the worship of other gods and the moral corruption that accompanies it.<p><b>or belong to another</b><br>This phrase emphasizes exclusivity in the relationship, reflecting the covenantal nature of marriage and, by extension, the covenant between God and Israel. Just as Gomer is to belong solely to Hosea, Israel is to belong solely to God. This exclusivity is a recurring theme in the Bible, where God demands undivided loyalty from His people (<a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>).<p><b>and I will do the same for you</b><br>Hosea's commitment to Gomer mirrors God's unwavering faithfulness to Israel. Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God promises to remain faithful, offering forgiveness and restoration. This reflects the nature of God's covenant, which is based on His steadfast love and mercy. The mutual commitment also points to the ideal of reciprocal faithfulness in relationships, both human and divine.<br><br>This passage, as a whole, serves as a powerful illustration of God's redemptive love and the call for His people to return to Him with sincerity and devotion. It foreshadows the ultimate redemption through Jesus Christ, who embodies God's love and faithfulness, offering a new covenant to all who believe.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called by God to marry a promiscuous woman as a symbol of God's relationship with Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/gomer.htm">Gomer</a></b><br>Hosea's wife, representing Israel's unfaithfulness to God through idolatry and alliances with other nations.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often unfaithful to God, symbolized by Gomer's actions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_covenant.htm">God's Covenant</a></b><br>The underlying theme of Hosea's marriage, representing God's enduring commitment to His people despite their unfaithfulness.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/r/restoration.htm">Restoration</a></b><br>The event of Hosea taking Gomer back, symbolizing God's willingness to restore Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_relationships.htm">Faithfulness in Relationships</a></b><br>Hosea's command to Gomer to live with him and not be promiscuous highlights the importance of faithfulness in marriage, reflecting God's desire for a faithful relationship with His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_unfailing_love.htm">God's Unfailing Love</a></b><br>Despite Israel's unfaithfulness, God remains committed to His covenant, just as Hosea remains committed to Gomer. This teaches us about the depth of God's love and His willingness to restore us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Hosea's actions symbolize the process of repentance and restoration. Just as Gomer is called to return and live faithfully, we are called to turn from sin and return to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_marriage.htm">Symbolism of Marriage</a></b><br>The marriage between Hosea and Gomer serves as a powerful symbol of God's relationship with His people, emphasizing the sacredness and covenantal nature of marriage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_a_set-apart_life.htm">Living a Set-Apart Life</a></b><br>Hosea's instruction to Gomer to not belong to any other man is a call for believers to live a life set apart for God, avoiding spiritual adultery through idolatry or sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_3.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 3</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_use_an_immoral_example_in_hosea_3.htm">How do we explain God's choice to use a seemingly immoral relationship in Hosea 3 as a lesson to Israel, rather than a more straightforward example of righteousness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_''this_is_the_day''_mean.htm">What does it mean for Christ to dwell within us?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/could_a_prophet_redeem_an_adulterous_wife.htm">Given the cultural norms of Hosea’s time, is it plausible that a prophet would buy back and restore an adulterous wife as portrayed in Hosea 3?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_severe_punishment_for_non-virgin_bride.htm">Why does Deuteronomy 22:13-21 prescribe a severe punishment if a bride is found not to be a virgin?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Shalt abide for me--</span><span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, shalt abide in seclusion at my discretion. The "many days" are an indefinite period of amendment, while watchful care was being exercised over her. During this time she is to withdraw herself from her paramour and also from her husband.<p><span class= "bld">Will I also be for thee.--</span>Better, <span class= "ital">to thee: i.e.,</span> I will have no intercourse with thee. So Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and others. That this was only to be a temporary discipline is evident from <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm" title="For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:">Hosea 3:4</a> and Hosea 6.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shall not be for another man.</span> The prophet imposes certain restrictions of a very stringent character on his wife; he places her in a state of isolation; her past excesses and his purpose of effecting her reformation necessitate such measures, however strict and severe or even harsh they may appear. She is not to be admitted into full fellowship with her husband, nor is she to be allowed the possibility of intercourse with others. From friend, that is, husband and lovers, she is shut out; all sexual connection, whether illicit or legitimate, is peremptorily cut off. The clause, "thou shalt abide [or, 'sit still'] for me," denotes an attitude of waiting, not necessarily in sorrow, like the captive maiden who before marriage with her captor bewailed her parents for the period of a month, but in patient expectation of her husband's fortune and favor, though in seclusion from him, as also exclusion of all others. During this long period of "many days" she is not only debarred the society of her lawful partner, but forbidden either to play the harlot with several or to attach herself to a single paramour. Jerome directs attention to the fact that the word "another" has no place in the original text; otherwise it would imply that she was prohibited from intercourse with any other than her husband, while the real meaning makes the prohibition absolute and inclusive even of conjugal connection with her husband. <span class="cmt_word">So will I also be for thee</span>. The Hebrew expositors, Aben Ezra and Kimchi, repeat the negative flora the preceding clause and translate, "Nor shall I even come to you," that is, for marital society. This is not necessary to bring out the true sense, which is that, as she was to be restrained from intercourse with any and every other man, so he himself also would abstain from intercourse with her. "<span class="accented">And</span> also I will be for [unto] thee [<span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. thy husband] to preserve conjugal fidelity to thee, but hold aloof from thee during thy detention." Thus separated from both lovers and husband, Israel would for many a long day suspend her worship of idols, and be at the same time shut out from her covenant relation to Jehovah. Kimchi's comment mounts to pretty much the same, as does also that of Aben Ezra. The explanation of the former is, "I said to her, After thou hast committed adultery against me, thy punishment shall be that thou shalt abide in widowhood of life many days; and the meaning of 'for me' is, thou shalt be called by my name and not by another man's; thou shalt say, I am the wife of such a one, and thou shelf not play the harlot with others, and also thou shalt not be the wife of any other man than myself." Aben Ezra makes mention of another interpretation of the verse, to the effect, "If ye shall return to me, I also will return to you." With this the Chaldee Targum is in accord, which represents God as commanding the prophet to say, "O congregation of Israel, your sins have been the cause of your exile for many days; ye shall devote yourselves to my service, and not go astray nor worship idols, and I also will have compassion upon you." Maurer considers the expression <span class="hebrew">היאל־אי</span> equivalent to <span class="hebrew">היעִם אי</span>, viz. <span class="accented">remhabere cum muliere</span>; but to this linguistic usage is opposed. Umbreit renders the phrase, "and I will <span class="accented">only</span> be for thee;" this, however, partakes more of the nature of a promise than of a punishment, and is not quite, therefore, in accord with the context. Ewald: "And yet I am kind to thee [<span class="accented">i</span>.<span class="accented">e</span>. love thee];" this is a rather trivial, as also ill-supported idea. Calvin's exposition is pretty much the same as we have given, and is the following: "I also shall be for thee; that is, I pledge my faith to thee, or I subscribe myself as thy husband: but another time must be looked for; I yet defer my favor, and suspend it until thou givest proof of true repentance. I also shall be for thee; that is, thou shalt not be a widow in vain; if thou complainest that wrong is done to thee, because I forbid thee to marry any one else, I also bind myself in turn to thee." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/3-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then I said</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֹמַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ō·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to her,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלֶ֗יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·le·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“You must live</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּ֣שְׁבִי</span> <span class="translit">(tê·šə·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> </span><span class="str2">To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with me</span><br /><span class="heb">לִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">for many</span><br /><span class="heb">רַבִּים֙</span> <span class="translit">(rab·bîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days;</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֤ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you must not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be promiscuous</span><br /><span class="heb">תִזְנִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiz·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commit adultery, to commit idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or belong to</span><br /><span class="heb">תִֽהְיִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ṯih·yî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">another,</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאִ֑ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will do the same for you.”</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵלָֽיִךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·lā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/3-3.htm">Hosea 3:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/3-3.htm">Hosea 3:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/3-3.htm">Hosea 3:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/3-3.htm">Hosea 3:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/3-3.htm">Hosea 3:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/3-3.htm">Hosea 3:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/3-3.htm">Hosea 3:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/3-3.htm">Hosea 3:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/3-3.htm">Hosea 3:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/3-3.htm">Hosea 3:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/3-3.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 3:3 I said to her You shall stay (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/3-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 3:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 3:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/3-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 3:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 3:4" /></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>