World English Bible
Hosea 3:4
“For the children of Israel shall live many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols.”
Verse in context — Hosea 3
2
So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley.
3
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.
4
For the children of Israel shall live many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols.
5
Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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