Hosea 3

Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  • 3:1 The LORD said to me, "Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the LORD loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes." 2
  • 3:3 Then I said to her, "You must stay with me for many days. You must not prostitute yourself or belong to any man, and I will do the same toward you." 2
  • 3:5 Afterward the people of Israel will turn back and seek the LORD their God and David their king. In days to come they will come trembling to the LORD and to his goodness. 2

Open Word Bible

  1. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the way the saints hold communion with Christ as to personal grace cites Hos. iii. 3

    …16; Isa. liv. 5, etc.; Cant. iii. 11, opened — The way of communion in conjugal relation, Hos. iii. 3; Cant. i. 15 — On the part of Christ — On the part of the saints. (2.) The next thing…

  2. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    February cites Hosea 3:1

    …a living sacrifice, it is but thy reasonable service. February 4 “The love of the Lord.” (Hosea 3:1) Believer, look back through all thine experience, and think of the way whereby the Lord…

  3. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Covenant of Works cites Hos 3:1

    …long will ye love vanity?’ Psa 4:2. ‘Who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.’ Hos 3:1: Sin is a dish men cannot forbear, though it makes them sick. Who would pour rose-water…

  4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.2 The Second Commandment cites Hos 3: 3

    …to keep close to him, and not go after other lovers. ‘Thou shalt not be for another man’ Hos 3: 3. He cannot bear a rival. Our conjugal love, a love joined with adoration and worship…

  5. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 2, Chapter 6 — Redemption for Man Lost to Be Sought in Christ cites Hosea 3:5

    …shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king,” (Hosea 3:5). Micah, also speaking of the return of the people, says expressly, “Their king shall…

  6. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 2 — Of Faith cites Hos. 3:5

    …“The children of Israel” “shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days,” (Hos. 3:5). For not only does piety beget reverence to God, but the sweet attractiveness of grace…