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Hosea 3:3 KJV
Hosea · chapter 3 · verse 3
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.Hosea 3:3 · King James Version
Hosea 3:3 in context
1Then 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.
2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
3And 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.
4For 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:
5Afterward 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- harlotzânâhto commit adulteryH2181 →
- abideyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- manyrababundantH7227 →
- daysyôwma day , whether literal , or figurativeH3117 →
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Some think that this chapter refers to Judah, the two tribes, as the adulteress the prophet married (Hos 1:3) represented the ten tribes; for this was not to be divorced, as the ten tribes were, but to be left desolate for a long time, and then to return, as the two tribes did.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5