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Hosea 3:5 KJV
Hosea · chapter 3 · verse 5
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.Hosea 3:5 · King James Version
Hosea 3:5 in context
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- Afterwardʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- childrenbêna son , in the widest sense , etc.)H1121 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- seekbâqashto search outH1245 →
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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