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Hosea 3

5 aligned verses; 5 with wording or punctuation differences .

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1
And Jehovah said unto me, Go again , love a woman beloved of ` her ' friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins .
Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet , love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine .
2
So I bought her to me for fifteen ` pieces ' of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half - homer of barley ;
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley :
3
and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife : so will I also be toward thee.
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man : so will I also be for thee.
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For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar , and without ephod or teraphim:
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:
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afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king , and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king ; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

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