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Hosea 3:1-2
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Hosea 3:1-2
New Catholic Bible
The Triumph of Love[a]
Chapter 3
1 The Lord said to me:
“Go forth and offer your love to a woman
who has a lover and is an adulteress,
just as I, the Lord, love the people of Israel
even though they turn to other gods
and love raisin cakes.”[b]
2 Therefore, I purchased her for fifteen shekels of silver, a homer of barley, and a measure of wine,
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- Hosea 3:1 Before belonging to Hosea, Gomer had to be redeemed and submit to the conditions which, according to ancient views, would free her from her sacral tie to a pagan cult and allow her to return to an orderly life. There was, so to speak, a period of quarantine, and this became a symbol of the Exile, which Israel must accept in order to withdraw from its promiscuous behavior with false gods. At that time the people will be deprived of every political and religious institution. The sacred stone and the ephod were elements of a worship more or less connected with pagan rites.
- Hosea 3:1 The raisin cakes were offered at pagan ritual feasts.
Hosea 3:1-2
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Hosea 3:1-2
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Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife
3 The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress.(A) Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.(B)”
2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels[a] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[b] of barley.
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