King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 3:1
“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.”
Verse in context — Hosea 3
1
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.
2
So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
3
And I said unto 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.
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God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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