Hosea 3:5
After this, the people of Israel will return and dedicate themselves to the Lord their God and to the line of David their king. In the last days they will come with awe and reverence for the Lord and his goodness.
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Numbers 24:14Listen! I'm going back home now to my own people, but first let me warn you what these Israelites are going to do to your people in the future.”
1 Kings 12:16When all the Israelites saw that the king wasn't listening to them, they told the king: “What share do we have in David, and what part do we have in the son of Jesse? Go home, Israel! You're on your own, house of David!” So all the Israelites went home.
Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain where the Lord's Temple stands will be recognized as the highest of all mountains, rising above other hills. Many from the other nations will travel to it.
Isaiah 55:3Come here to me, and pay attention, so you can truly live. I'm going to make an agreement with you that will last forever, based on the trustworthy love I showed to David.
Jeremiah 3:22Come back, unfaithful children, and I will heal your unfaithfulness. “We're here! Yes, we're coming back to you, because you are the Lord our God.”
Jeremiah 30:9They will serve the Lord their God, and their king, David's descendant whom I will give them.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 3:2-5
Idolatry of Israel; The Prophet's Remonstrances; Promises to the Penitent. ( b. c. 760.) 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. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley: 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be… Read the whole commentary →