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The Lord began to speak through me. He said to me, "Go. Get married to a woman who will commit adultery. Take as your own the children who will be born as a result of her adultery. Marry her because the people of the land are guilty of the worst kind of adultery. They have not been faithful to me."
Reference
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ῥαββονί (rhabboní)
God
Hebrew: ʼâdôwn
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
Greek: φθέγγομαι (phthéngomai)
to utter a clear sound, i.e. (generally) to proclaim
Greek: ἐμαυτοῦ (emautoû)
of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case
Greek: ὅδε (hóde)
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
Hebrew: hûwʼ
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
Greek: ἐμαυτοῦ (emautoû)
of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case
Greek: ἄπειμι (ápeimi)
to go away
Hebrew: ʼârach
to travel
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: μοιχεύω (moicheúō)
to commit adultery
Greek: ἀπορφανίζω (aporphanízō)
to bereave wholly, i.e. (figuratively) separate (from intercourse)
Hebrew: gâzâh
to cut off, i.e. portion out
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Greek: γνήσιος (gnḗsios)
legitimate (of birth), i.e. genuine
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: θέλησις (thélēsis)
determination (properly, the act), i.e. option
Hebrew: tsᵉbâʼ
to please
Greek: ἤμην (ḗmēn)
I was
Hebrew: hâvâʼ
to be (in the sense of existence)
Greek: γένος (génos)
"kin" (abstract or concrete, literal or figurative, individual or collective)
Hebrew: yillôwd
born
Greek: καθά (kathá)
according to which things, i.e. just as
Hebrew: tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
Hebrew: ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
Greek: ταύτῃ (taútēi)
(towards or of) this
Greek: μοιχεία (moicheía)
adultery
Hebrew: niʼuph
adultery
Greek: ἐπιγαμβρεύω (epigambreúō)
to form affinity with, i.e. (specially) in a levirate way
Greek: ταύτῃ (taútēi)
(towards or of) this
Greek: ἐπεί (epeí)
thereupon, i.e. since (of time or cause)
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: δῆμος (dēmos)
the public (as bound together socially)
Hebrew: ʻam
{a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock}
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Greek: ἐστί (estí)
he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are
Greek: ὑπόδικος (hypódikos)
under sentence, i.e. (by implication) condemned
Greek: ὁ (ho)
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
Hebrew: ʼillêyn
these
Hebrew: zan
sort
Greek: μοιχεία (moicheía)
adultery
Hebrew: niʼuph
adultery
Greek: κατέχω (katéchō)
to hold down (fast), in various applications (literally or figuratively)
Greek: οὐδαμῶς (oudamōs)
by no means
Hebrew: ʼîyn
is it not?
Hebrew: hârâh
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
Greek: ἐμαυτοῦ (emautoû)
of myself so likewise the dative case , and accusative case
Parallel theme
Psalm 106:39
Jeremiah 3:9
Revelation 17:5
2 Peter 2:14
Ezekiel 6:9
Mark 1:1
Hosea 5:3
References Lord
Hosea 3:1
Deuteronomy 31:16
Verse Explanation
God commands Hosea to marry a woman associated with sexual unfaithfulness and to have children through this relationship, making Hosea's personal family life a symbolic picture of Israel's unfaithfulness toward God.
History
8th century BC: Israel had experienced economic and political growth but was increasingly marked by idolatry and covenant unfaithfulness.