[:en]SCRIPTURE: HOSEA 3
“The Lord said to me, “Go show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes” (Hosea 3:1)
“For the Israelites will live many days with out king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or idol” (Hosea 3:4)
HOSEA’S RECONCILIATION WITH HIS WIFE
God asked Hosea to reconcile with his wife and love her as the Lord love the Israelites. So, Hosea redeemed her wife for 15 shekels of silver and about a homer and a lethek of barley.
God forgave His people’s unfaithfulness and gathered them to Him. They will return and seek the Lord their God with trembling and to his blessings in the last days. (v. 5)[:]