Hosea 1:2 (KJV)
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The beginningof the wordof the LORDby HoseaAnd the LORD saidto Hosea Go takeunto thee a wifeof whoredomsand childrenof whoredomsfor the landhath committed great whoredomdeparting fromthe LORD
Cross-references
beginning. Mr 1:1
Go. Ho 3:1 Isa 20:2 Isa 20:3 Jer 13:1-11 Eze 4:1-5:17
for. Ex 34:15 Ex 34:16 De 31:16 2Ch 21:13 Ps 73:27 Ps 106:39 Jer 2:13 Jer 3:1-4 Jer 3:9 Eze 6:9 Eze 16:1-63 Eze 23:1-49 Re 17:1 Re 17:2 Re 17:5
a wife.That is, says Apb. Newcome, a wife from among the Israelites, who were a people remarkable for spiritual fornication or idolatry.
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