Hosea 3:1
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.”
Note Or Go show love to a woman who is loved by another
Note Literally and love raisin cakes
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.
Note of wine: Heb. of grapes
The Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Go yet
- Hosea 1:2, 3
- friend
- Jeremiah 3:1, 20; Matthew 26:50
- according
- Hosea 11:8; Deuteronomy 7:6, 7; Judges 10:16; 2 Kings 13:23; Nehemiah 9:18, 19, 31; Psalm 106:43–46; Jeremiah 3:1–4, 12–14; Jeremiah 31:20; Micah 7:18–20; Zechariah 1:16; Luke 1:54, 55
- look
- Psalm 123:2; Isaiah 17:7, 8; Isaiah 45:22; Micah 7:7
- love flagons
- Hosea 4:11; Hosea 7:5; Hosea 9:1, 2; Exodus 32:6; Judges 9:27; Amos 2:8; Amos 6:6; 1 Corinthians 10:7, 21; 1 Peter 4:3