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Hosea 3

5 aligned verses; 5 with wording or punctuation differences .

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1
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 .
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 .
2
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley :
So I bought her to me for fifteen ` pieces ' of silver, and a homer of barley, and a 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 for another man : so will I also be for thee.
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.
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:
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:
5
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.
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.

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