King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 3:4
“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:”
Verse in context — Hosea 3
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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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:
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Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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