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. The prophet is to take back his wife, though unfaithful, as foretold (Hosea 1:2). He purcha... [ Continue Reading ]
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: SO I BOUGHT HER. The price paid is too small to be a probable dowry wherewith to buy a wife from her parents; but it is just half the price of a female slave in money, the rest of the, pri... [ Continue Reading ]
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. AND I SAID UNTO HER, THOU SHALT ABIDE FOR ME - solitary and sequestered, separate from contact with any other man, and remaining for me who h... [ Continue Reading ]
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: FOR THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SHALL ABIDE MANY DAYS WITHOUT A KING ... WITHOUT A SACRIFICE, AND WITHOUT AN IMAGE, AND WITH... [ Continue Reading ]
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. AFTERWARD - after the long period ("many days," ) has elapsed. SHALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL RETURN - from their idols to "their God," f... [ Continue Reading ]