Hosea 1:2 — The Lord said, “Hosea, Israel has betrayed me like an unfaithful wife. Marry su… — CEV | maBible
Read Hosea 1:2 (Contemporary English Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Hosea 1.2, Hosea 1v2, Os. 1:2. The Lord said, “Hosea, Israel has betrayed me like an unfaithful wife. Marry such a woman and have children by her.”
Other reference formats: Hosea 1.2, Hosea 1v2, Os. 1:2.
2 The Lord said, “Hosea, Israel has betrayed me like an unfaithful wife. Marry such a woman and have children by her.”
Notes and references
unfaithful wife: In some Canaanite religions of Old Testament times, young women were expected to have sex with the worshipers of their god before marriage. Such women were called “temple prostitutes.” Many of the Israelite women did this same thing, and Hosea is told to marry one of them to show t…