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**the Lord.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**Go yet** = Go again. See notes on [Hosea 1:2](../../../kjv/hosea/1/2) .
**love.** Not "take", as in [Hosea 1:2](../../../kjv/hosea/1/2) , or love again.
**a woman.** Not "Gomer" ([Hosea 1:3](../../../kjv/hosea/1/3) ) again, but another; hence we must believe that Gomer had died; and that this was a second marriage with its own special signification.
**her friend** : i. e. Hosea himself.
**yet, &c.** = though [she has become] an adulteress. Referring to Israel's present condition in this Dispensation ( App-12 ).
**adulteress:** i. e. an idolatress; and denotes only a woman of the northern tribes.
**according, &c.** This is the manifestation of Divine love.
**children** = sons.
**look to other gods.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 31:18](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/18) , [Deuteronomy 31:20](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/20) ).
**flagons of wine** = cakes of grapes.

**fifteen pieces of silver** = fifteen shekels ( App-51 .) The price of the redemption of a slave.
**homer.** See App-61 .

**abide . . . many days.** See the signification in verses: [Hosea 4:5](../../../kjv/hosea/4/5) . Compare [Jeremiah 3:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/1) , [Jeremiah 3:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/2) .
**abide.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 21:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/13) ). App-92 . See the signification of the sign in verses: [Hosea 4:5](../../../kjv/hosea/4/5) , and compare [Jeremiah 31:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/1) , [Jeremiah 31:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/2) . Hebrew. *yashab* = to dwell (sequestered). Same word as in [Deuteronomy 21:13](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/21/13) . Not the same word as in [Hosea 11:6](../../../kjv/hosea/11/6) .
**many days.** In the case of the sign = a full month. The signification is seen now, in the present Dispensation.
**man.** Hebrew ' *i* s *h* . App-14 .
**be.** Supply ["do"]. The above Structure is according to the order of the words in the Hebrew text, not the Authorized Version.

**Israel.** Not merely Judah, but the twelve tribes. Not "British" or any other "Israel".
**many days.** All the days of the present Dispensation; "many" implying length of time; "days" implying the *i* r limitation.
**without.** Note the Figure of speech *Anaphora* ( App-6 ), emphasizing each point, now fulfilled before our eyes.
**without a king.** Having rejected Messiah ([John 19:15](../../../kjv/john/19/15) ). This cannot therefore be interpreted now of any People which has a king.
**and.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* strengthening the emphasis on each point.
**prince** = ruler. Hebrew. *sar,* as in [Hosea 8:4](../../../kjv/hosea/8/4) .
**sacrifice.** Hebrew. *zabach.* App-43 . Includes all sacrifices where there is shedding of blood.
**an image.** Hebrew. *mazzebah =* any upright standing image. Compare [Exodus 23:24](../../../kjv/exodus/23/24) ; [Exodus 34:13](../../../kjv/exodus/34/13) .[Isaiah 19:19](../../../kjv/isaiah/19/19) .
**ephod.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for the priest or person who wears it. Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 28:4-8](../../../kjv/exodus/28/4-8) ). App-92 . This was the girdle of the breastplate which contained the "Urim and Thummim", the wearing of which pertained solely to the high priest. Compare [1 Samuel 22:18](../../../kjv/1-samuel/22/18) ; [1 Samuel 23:9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/23/9) . [Ezra 2:63](../../../kjv/ezra/2/63) ; and [Nehemiah 7:65](../../../kjv/nehemiah/7/65) .
**teraphim** = idols of any kind. In [Hosea 3:3](../../../kjv/hosea/3/3) , Jehovah says they shall not "play the harlot": and, now, for (since 426 B.C.) 2,300 years the truth of this has been seen. Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 31:19](../../../kjv/genesis/31/19) , [Genesis 31:34](../../../kjv/genesis/31/34) , [Genesis 31:35](../../../kjv/genesis/31/35) ).

**Afterward, &c.** This mark of time has not yet been reached. It corresponds with the "many days" of [Hosea 3:4](../../../kjv/hosea/3/4) . See the Structure above ("4-. ").
**return, &c.:** i. e. return [to Jehovah]. See [Hosea 5:15](../../../kjv/hosea/5/15) , and [Hosea 6:1](../../../kjv/hosea/6/1) .
**seek.** Compare [Hosea 5:6](../../../kjv/hosea/5/6) . Jer 60:4 , Jer 60:5 .
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**David.** Compare [Jeremiah 30:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/30/9) . [Ezekiel 34:23](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/23) , [Ezekiel 34:24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/34/24) ; [Ezekiel 37:22](../../../kjv/ezekiel/37/22) , [Ezekiel 37:24](../../../kjv/ezekiel/37/24) . Therefore David must rise again, as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob must; and note the fact of *Israel* seeking *David.*
**shall fear** = shall rejoice in, as in [Isaiah 60:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/60/6) . [Jeremiah 33:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/33/9) . Hebrew. *pahad,* a *Homonym* with another meaning (to fear, as in [Deuteronomy 28:66](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/66) . [Job 23:15](../../../kjv/job/23/15) . See notes there).
**goodness.** Hebrew. *tub* , as in [Hosea 14:2](../../../kjv/hosea/14/2) ("graciously") = Gracious One: i. e. the Messiah. Reference to Pentateuch ([Exodus 33:19](../../../kjv/exodus/33/19) ). App-92 . See the notes on [Hosea 8:3](../../../kjv/hosea/8/3) ; [Hosea 14:2](../../../kjv/hosea/14/2) .
**in the latter days.** Rabbi Kimchi (A.D. 1160-1235) and other celebrated Jewish commentators writing on [Isaiah 2:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/2/2) , hold that this expression always means "in the days of the Messiah". Compare [Jeremiah 30:24](../../../kjv/jeremiah/30/24) .[Ezekiel 38:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/38/8) , [Ezekiel 38:16](../../../kjv/ezekiel/38/16) . [Daniel 2:28](../../../kjv/daniel/2/28) . [Micah 4:1](../../../kjv/micah/4/1) . Reference to Pentateuch ([Genesis 49:1](../../../kjv/genesis/49/1) .[Numbers 24:14](../../../kjv/numbers/24/14) .[Deuteronomy 4:30](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/30) ; [Deuteronomy 31:29](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/31/29) ). App-92 .

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