Hosea 3:4

4 For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods.

Hosea 3:4 in Other Translations

KJV
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:
ESV
4 For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods.
NLT
4 This shows that Israel will go a long time without a king or prince, and without sacrifices, sacred pillars, priests, or even idols!
MSG
4 The people of Israel are going to live a long time stripped of security and protection, without religion and comfort, godless and prayerless.
CSB
4 For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.

Hosea 3:4 In-Context

1 The LORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”
2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley.
3 Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”
4 For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods.
5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to his blessings in the last days.

Cross References 5

  • 1. Hosea 13:11
  • 2. Daniel 11:31; S Hosea 2:11
  • 3. Hosea 10:1
  • 4. S Exodus 25:7
  • 5. Judges 17:5-6; Judges 18:14-17; S Lamentations 2:9; Zechariah 10:2
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