Hosea 3:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Then the Lord said to me again, “Gomer has many lovers, but you must continue loving her. Do this because it is an example of the Lord’s love for Israel. He continues to love them, but they continue to turn to other gods, and they love to eat those raisin cakes.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 31:20

The Lord says, “You know that Ephraim is my dear son. I love that child. Yes, I often criticized Ephraim, but I still think about him. I love him very much, and I really do want to comfort him.

Isaiah 45:22

So all you people in faraway places, turn to me and be saved, because I am God, and there is no other.

Micah 7:7

So I will look to the Lord for help. I will wait for God to save me. My God will hear me.

Hosea 11:8

“Ephraim, I don’t want to give you up. Israel, I want to protect you. I don’t want to make you like Admah. I don’t want to make you like Zeboiim. I am changing my mind. My love for you is too strong.

1 Peter 4:3

In the past you wasted too much time doing what those who don’t know God like to do. You were living immoral lives, doing the evil things you wanted to do. You were always getting drunk, having wild drinking parties, and doing shameful things in your worship of idols.

Zechariah 1:16

So the Lord says, “I will come back to Jerusalem and comfort her.” The Lord All-Powerful says, “Jerusalem will be rebuilt, and my house will be built there.”

Psalm 123:2

A slave looks to his master to provide what he needs, and a servant girl depends on the woman she serves. So we depend on the Lord our God, waiting for him to have mercy on us.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and then go drink a cup that honors demons. You cannot share a meal at the Lord’s table and then go share a meal that honors demons.

Amos 6:6

You drink wine in fancy cups. You use the best perfumes. And it doesn’t even bother you that Joseph’s family is being destroyed.

Amos 2:8

They took clothes from the poor, and then they sat on those clothes while worshiping at their altars. They loaned money to the poor, and then they took their clothes as a promise for payment. They made people pay fines and used the money to buy wine for themselves to drink in the temple of their god.

Nehemiah 9:31

“But you are so kind! You didn’t completely destroy them. You didn’t leave them. You are such a kind and merciful God!

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was kind to the Israelites. He had mercy and showed his care for them because of his agreement with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He did not want them to be destroyed. He has never completely left them.

2 Samuel 6:19

He also gave a share of bread, a raisin cake, and some date bread to every man and woman of Israel. Then all the people went home.

Judges 10:16

Then the Israelites threw away the foreign gods and began to worship the Lord again. So he felt sorry for them when he saw them suffering.

Judges 9:27

One day the people of Shechem went out to the vineyards to pick grapes. They squeezed the grapes to make wine. And then they had a party at the temple of their god. The people ate and drank and cursed Abimelech.

Exodus 32:6

The people woke up very early the next morning. They killed animals and offered them as burnt offerings and fellowship offerings. They sat down to eat and drink. Then they got up and had a wild party.

1 Corinthians 10:7

Don’t worship idols as some of them did. As the Scriptures say, “The people sat down to eat and drink and then got up to have a wild party.”

Matthew 26:50

Jesus answered, “Friend, do the thing you came to do.” Then the men came and grabbed Jesus and arrested him.

Hosea 7:5

On Our King’s Day, the leaders get so drunk that they get sick. They become crazy with wine and make agreements with people who laugh at God.

Hosea 4:11

“Sexual sins, strong drink, and new wine ruin a person’s ability to think straight.

1 Chronicles 16:3

Then he gave a loaf of bread, some dates, and raisins to every Israelite man and woman.

Song of Solomon 2:5

Strengthen me with raisins; refresh me with apples, because I am weak with love.

Hosea 2:5

Their mother has acted like a prostitute. She should be ashamed of what she did. She said, ‘I will go to my lovers, who give me food and water, wool and linen, wine and olive oil.’