1 The Lord told me, “Go again and love a woman who is loved by another and who is committing adultery, just as the Lord loves the children of Israel, even though they turn to other gods and love their sensual worship.” 2 So I bought her back for fifteen shekels of silver and one and half homers of barley. 3 I told her, “You must remain with me for many days and you shall stop your prostitution. You shall not be intimate with any man, and then I shall be yours.” 4 For the people of Israel shall be without a king or a prince, without a sacrifice or a stone pillar or a pagan image or an idolatrous shrine for a long time. 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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Cross references (5)
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- 1 Jeremiah 3:12–14; Isaiah 45:22; Hosea 1:2–3; Jeremiah 31:20; Micah 7:18–20
- 2 Genesis 34:12; Leviticus 27:16; Ezekiel 45:11; Genesis 31:41; Isaiah 5:10
- 3 Deuteronomy 21:13
- 4 Judges 17:5; Genesis 31:19; 2 Chronicles 15:2; Daniel 9:27; John 19:15
- 5 Jeremiah 50:4–5; Jeremiah 30:9; Ezekiel 34:23–24; Isaiah 2:2; Ezekiel 37:22–25
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… shall (for they themselves, of course, shall go to their own place by dying), this same prophet testifies, saying, "For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without an altar, without a priesthood, without manifestations." Who does not see that the Jews are now thus?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
But let us hear what he adds: "And afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and shall be amazed at the Lord and at His goodness in the latter days." Nothing is clearer than this prophecy, in which by David, as distinguished by the title of king, Christ is to …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)