Hosea 3:1 - New International Version (Anglicised)

¹ The Lord said to me, ‘Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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

¹ 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)

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ 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.

Hosea 3:1 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 6:19

Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.

2 Kings 13:23

But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion and showed concern for them because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. To this day he has been unwilling to destroy them or banish them from his presence.

1 Chronicles 16:3

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

Nehemiah 9:31

But in your great mercy you did not put an end to them or abandon them, for you are a gracious and merciful God.

Psalm 123:2

As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy.

Exodus 32:6

So the next day the people rose early and sacrificed burnt offerings and presented fellowship offerings. Afterwards they sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.

Song of Solomon 2:5

Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

Isaiah 45:22

‘Turn to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

Jeremiah 3:20

But like a woman unfaithful to her husband, so you, Israel, have been unfaithful to me,’ declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 31:20

Is not Ephraim my dear son, the child in whom I delight? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore my heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,’ declares the Lord.

Hosea 11:8

‘How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboyim? My heart is changed within me; all my compassion is aroused.

Hosea 2:5

Their mother has been unfaithful and has conceived them in disgrace. She said, “I will go after my lovers, who give me my food and my water, my wool and my linen, my olive oil and my drink.”

Hosea 4:11

to prostitution; old wine and new wine take away their understanding.

Hosea 7:5

On the day of the festival of our king the princes become inflamed with wine, and he joins hands with the mockers.

Amos 2:8

They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. In the house of their god they drink wine taken as fines.

Amos 6:6

You drink wine by the bowlful and use the finest lotions, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.

Micah 7:7

But as for me, I watch in hope for the Lord, I wait for God my Saviour; my God will hear me.

Zechariah 1:16

‘Therefore this is what the Lord says: “I will return to Jerusalem with mercy, and there my house will be rebuilt. And the measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem,” declares the Lord Almighty.

Matthew 26:50

Jesus replied, ‘Do what you came for, friend.’ Then the men stepped forward, seized Jesus and arrested him.

1 Corinthians 10:21

You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord’s table and the table of demons.

1 Corinthians 10:7

Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: ‘The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.’

1 Peter 4:3

For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do – living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing and detestable idolatry.

Judges 10:16

Then they got rid of the foreign gods among them and served the Lord. And he could bear Israel’s misery no longer.

Judges 9:27

After they had gone out into the fields and gathered the grapes and trodden them, they held a festival in the temple of their god. While they were eating and drinking, they cursed Abimelek.