Then he distributed a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake to each one in the entire Israelite community, both men and women. Then all the people went home.
Hosea 3:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the Lord loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THEN SAID the Lord to me, Go again, love [the same] woman [Gomer] who is beloved of a paramour and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins [used in the sacrificial feasts in idol worship]. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible Then the LORD said to me again, “Go, make love to a woman who has a lover and is involved in adultery, just as the LORD loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” Catholic Public Domain Version And the Lord said to me: "Go yet again, and love a woman, beloved by a friend, yet an adulteress, for so does the Lord love the sons of Israel, yet they look to strange gods, and love the seeds of grapes." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the Lord said to me: Go yet again, and love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress: as the Lord loveth the children of Israel, and they look to strange gods, and love the husks of the grapes. |
Then he distributed a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake to each one in the entire Israelite community, both men and women. Then all the people went home.
but the Lord was gracious to them, had compassion on them, and turned towards them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He was not willing to destroy them. Even now he has not banished them from his presence.
Then he distributed to each and every Israelite, both men and women, a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.
However, in your abundant compassion, you did not destroy them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and compassionate God.
Early the next morning they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented fellowship offerings. The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to party.
Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apricots, for I am lovesick.
Turn to me and be saved, all the ends of the earth. For I am God, and there is no other.
However, as a woman may betray her lover, so you have betrayed me, house of Israel. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to me, a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him, I certainly still think about him. Therefore, my inner being yearns for him; I will truly have compassion on him. This is the Lord’s declaration.
How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I surrender you, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart; my compassion is stirred!
Yes, their mother is promiscuous; she conceived them and acted shamefully. For she thought, ‘I will follow my lovers, the men who give me my food and water, my wool and flax, my oil and drink.’
On the day of our king, the princes are sick with the heat of wine – there is a conspiracy with traitors.
They stretch out beside every altar on garments taken as collateral, and in the house of their God they drink wine obtained through fines.
They drink wine by the bowlful and anoint themselves with the finest oils but do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
But I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
Therefore, this is what the Lord says: In mercy, I have returned to Jerusalem; my house will be rebuilt within it #– #this is the declaration of the Lord of Armies #– #and a measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.
‘Friend,’ Jesus asked him, ‘why have you come? ’ Then they came up, took hold of Jesus, and arrested him.
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot share in the Lord’s table and the table of demons.
Don’t become idolaters as some of them were; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and got up to party. ,,
For there has already been enough time spent in doing what the Gentiles choose to do: carrying on in unrestrained behaviour, evil desires, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and lawless idolatry.
So they got rid of the foreign gods among them and worshipped the Lord, and he became weary of Israel’s misery.
So they went out to the countryside and harvested grapes from their vineyards. They trampled the grapes and held a celebration. Then they went to the house of their god, and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.