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I told her, “You will remain with me a long time,[a] you won’t be promiscuous, you won’t be involved with any man, and I’ll do the same.”[b]

Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time[c] without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred[d] pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.[e] Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come in awe to the Lord and to his goodness in the last days.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:3 Lit. me many days
  2. Hosea 3:3 Lit. same with you
  3. Hosea 3:4 Lit. will live many days
  4. Hosea 3:4 The Heb. lacks sacred
  5. Hosea 3:4 I.e. images used for divination