Hosea experienced betrayal and anguish because of his wife’s adultery. Hosea’s experiences reflect God’s agony over his people’s sins. God’s justice requires judgment, but in his love, God promises to redeem his chosen people. Hosea opens a window for us into the very heart of God. Setting Few eras in ancient Israel were more turbulent than the mid-700s BC. Hosea began his ministry in the north…
1Me dijo otra vez Jehová: Ve, ama a una mujer amada de su compañero, aunque adúltera, como el amor de Jehová para con los hijos de Israel, los cuales miran a dioses ajenos, y aman tortas de pasas.
2La compré entonces para mí por quince siclos de plata y un homer y medio de cebada.
3Y le dije: Tú serás mía durante muchos días; no fornicarás, ni tomarás otro varón; lo mismo haré yo contigo.
4Porque muchos días estarán los hijos de Israel sin rey, sin príncipe, sin sacrificio, sin estatua, sin efod y sin terafines.
5Después volverán los hijos de Israel, y buscarán a Jehová su Dios, y a David su rey; y temerán a Jehová y a su bondad en el fin de los días.
TYNDALE OPEN STUDY NOTES
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Versículo 1
I. 3:1 Go and love your wife again, even though she: The Lord commanded Hosea to restore his marriag…
3:1 Go and love your wife again, even though she: The Lord commanded Hosea to restore his marriage as testimony that the Lord had promised to restore wayward Israel. • love to worship them: Literally love their raisin cakes. The worship of Asherah, a Canaanite fertility goddess, often included offerings of raisin cakes.
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II. 3:2 So I bought her back: The biblical text does not indicate why the prophet needed to purchase …
3:2 So I bought her back: The biblical text does not indicate why the prophet needed to purchase his wife. Most interpreters have assumed that the unfaithful Gomer had fallen into debt and become a slave. The meager price Hosea paid for her may indicate that Gomer was considered a slave of little value (see Exod 21:32; Lev 27:4).
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III. 3:3-4 Just as Hosea’s wife was required to live many days without sexual relations, Israel would …
3:3-4 Just as Hosea’s wife was required to live many days without sexual relations, Israel would be deprived of the institutions (king or prince), practices (sacrifices), and objects (sacred pillars . . . or even idols) that had been foundational to its life and worship.
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IV. 3:5 The Lord’s purpose for depriving the Israelites of these things was to get them to return to …
3:5 The Lord’s purpose for depriving the Israelites of these things was to get them to return to him in reverential awe and recognize him alone as the source of all goodness.
Antiguo Testamento
Hosea — Capítulo 3
Hosea experienced betrayal and anguish because of his wife’s adultery. Hosea’s experiences reflect God’s agony over his people’s sins. God’s justice requires judgment, but in his love, God promises to redeem his chosen people. Hosea opens a window for us into the very heart of God. Setting Few eras in ancient Israel were more turbulent than the mid-700s BC. Hosea began his ministry in the north…
Texto — Reina-Valera 1960
1Me dijo otra vez Jehová: Ve, ama a una mujer amada de su compañero, aunque adúltera, como el amor de Jehová para con los hijos de Israel, los cuales miran a dioses ajenos, y aman tortas de pasas.
2La compré entonces para mí por quince siclos de plata y un homer y medio de cebada.
3Y le dije: Tú serás mía durante muchos días; no fornicarás, ni tomarás otro varón; lo mismo haré yo contigo.
4Porque muchos días estarán los hijos de Israel sin rey, sin príncipe, sin sacrificio, sin estatua, sin efod y sin terafines.
5Después volverán los hijos de Israel, y buscarán a Jehová su Dios, y a David su rey; y temerán a Jehová y a su bondad en el fin de los días.
TYNDALE OPEN STUDY NOTES
Versículo 1
I. 3:1 Go and love your wife again, even though she: The Lord commanded Hosea to restore his marriag…
Versículo 2
II. 3:2 So I bought her back: The biblical text does not indicate why the prophet needed to purchase …
Versículo 3
III. 3:3-4 Just as Hosea’s wife was required to live many days without sexual relations, Israel would …
Versículo 5
IV. 3:5 The Lord’s purpose for depriving the Israelites of these things was to get them to return to …