(3:1-2) God tells Hosea to love an adulteress. (I thought he already did that in chapter 1.) In
any case, Hosea buys (another?) one for a homer and a half of barley.
(3:1) "Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress." Is it wrong to commit adultery?
(3:2) "So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley."
3:1Then 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.
3:2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half
homer of barley:
3:3
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.
3:4
For 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:
3:5
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.
(3:5) "Fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days." Should we fear God?
Why would anyone fear goodness?
