The LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Hosea 3:1 in context
Hosea 3:1–4
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The LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”
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I said to her, “You shall stay with me many days. You shall not play the prostitute, and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so toward you.”
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For the children of Israel shall live many days without king, without prince, without sacrifice, without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols.
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