Hosea 3:1
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.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. Hosea is commanded to love an adulterous woman again — representing God's love for Israel who is living with another but will return and seek the Lord and David their king in the latter days.
Other Translations
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.
And Jehovah saith unto me: `Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.'
And the Lord said to me, Give your love again to a woman who has a lover and is false to her husband, even as the Lord has love for the children of Israel, though they are turned to other gods and are lovers of grape-cakes.
Cross References
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat …
For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be …
The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any …
And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went …
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for …
And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as …
And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his …
Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out …
Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from …
Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious …