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Osea 3:3

Listen to Osea 3:3
3 Poi le dissi: Rimantimi così per molti giorni; non fornicare, e non maritarti ad alcuno; ed io altresì aspetterò dietro a te.

Osea 3:3 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 3:3

And I said unto her
Having bought or hired her; this was the covenant or agreement he made with her, thou shall abide for me many days;
dwell alone in some solitary and separate place, and have no conversation with any, especially with men; live like a widow that has lost her husband, and so wait for a long time till the prophet should think fit to take her to his house and bed: thou shall not play the harlot, and thou shall not be for another man;
neither prostitute herself, as she had done to her lovers; nor marry another, but keep herself chaste and single: so will I also be for thee;
wait for thee, and not take another wife; or will be thy husband, after having made proper trial and full proof of thy conduct and behaviour: the Targum paraphrases it thus;

``say, O prophet, to her, O congregation of Israel, your sins are the cause that you are carried captive many days; ye shall give yourselves to my worship and not err, nor serve idols, and even I will have mercy on you.''
The whole is explained in the following words:
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Osea 3:3 In-Context

1 Poi il Signore mi disse: Va’ ancora ed ama una donna, la quale, essendo, amata dal suo marito, sia adultera; secondo che il Signore ama i figliuoli di Israele, ed essi riguardano ad altri dii, ed amano le schiacciate d’uva.
2 Io adunque mi acquistai quella donna per quindici sicli d’argento, e per un homer, ed un letec di orzo.
3 Poi le dissi: Rimantimi così per molti giorni; non fornicare, e non maritarti ad alcuno; ed io altresì aspetterò dietro a te.
4 Perciocchè i figliuoli d’Israele se ne staranno molti giorni senza re, e senza principe; senza sacrificio, e senza statua; senza efod, e senza idoli.
5 Poi i figliuoli d’Israele ricercheranno di nuovo il Signore Iddio loro, e Davide lor re; e con timore si ridurranno al Signore, ed alla sua bontà, nella fine de’ giorni.
The Giovanni Diodati Bible is in the public domain.

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