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Oseas se reconcilia con su esposa

Entonces el Señor me habló por segunda vez, y me dijo: «Ve y busca a tu esposa de nuevo, y tráela de vuelta contigo y ámala, aunque ella ame a otro hombre. ¡Porque así es como el Señor ama a los israelitas, aunque ellos han preferido rendir homenaje a otros dioses y participan de las comidas especiales que les ofrecen!».

Así que la compré por ciento ochenta gramos de plata y trescientos sesenta litros de cebada, y le dije: «Serás mi esposa por mucho tiempo. No te portarás más como una prostituta durmiendo con muchos hombres, sino que me serás fiel. También yo te seré fiel».

Esta situación ilustra el hecho de que Israel estará por mucho tiempo sin rey ni príncipe, y sin altar ni templo ni sacerdotes. ¡Ni siquiera tendrá ídolos! Pero después ellos retornarán al Señor su Dios, y se acordarán de David, su rey. Sí, al final de los tiempos ellos buscarán con reverencia y humildad al Señor y sus bendiciones.

Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife

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

So I bought her for fifteen shekels[a] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[b] of barley. Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”

For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,(C) without sacrifice(D) or sacred stones,(E) without ephod(F) or household gods.(G) Afterward the Israelites will return and seek(H) the Lord their God and David their king.(I) They will come trembling(J) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.(K)

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:2 That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams
  2. Hosea 3:2 A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms.

Israel Will Return to God

Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a (A)lover[a] and is committing adultery, just like the love of the Lord for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans.

So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley. And I said to her, “You shall (B)stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, will I be toward you.”

For the children of Israel shall abide many days (C)without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without (D)ephod or (E)teraphim. Afterward the children of Israel shall return and (F)seek the Lord their God and (G)David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the (H)latter days.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:1 Lit. friend or husband