Hosea 3:1
“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.”
Hosea 3:1 — King James Version
Verse 1 of 5 in Hosea chapter 3 — King James Version. Read it in context below, with maps, timelines and thematic connections beside the text.
Hosea 3:1 in other translations
- World English Bible
- “Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.””
- American Standard Version
- “And Jehovah3068 said559 unto me3212, Go again157, love a woman802 beloved157 of her friend7453, and an adulteress5003, even as Jehovah3068 loveth160 the children1121 of Israel3478, though they turn6437 unto other312 gods430, and love157 cakes809 of raisins6025.”
Hosea 3 — full chapter (King James Version)
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 , who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. So I bought her to me for fifteen , and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: 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. For the children of shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an , and without teraphim: Afterward shall the children of return, and seek the LORD their God, and their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.