Hosea 3:3

Thou shalt abide for me many days Rather, shalt sit still (as Isaiah 30:7; Jeremiah 8:14 in A. V.). Gomer is to lead a quiet secluded life; her licentious course is cut short, and her conjugal intercourse may not yet be resumed. This is to last for -many days," i.e. as long as is necessary to assure Hosea of Gomer's moral amendment.

so(will) I also(be) for thee i. e. Hosea plights his troth that he will form no connexion with any other woman but Gomer. -Ego vicissim tibi fidem meam obligo", Calvin. Others, with Aben Ezra and Kimchi, understand, instead of -will be", -will not go in", taking the clause as a contrast to that which precedes (-but I will not go in unto thee"). Ewald renders, -and yet I am kind unto thee". It is possible that some short word (such as -so" or -not") has dropped out of the text.