Hosea 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

abide... many days. See the signification in verses: Hosea 4:5. Compare Jeremiah 3:1; Jeremiah 3:2.

abide. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 21:13). App-92. See the signification of the sign in verses: Hosea 4:5, and compare Jeremiah 31:1; Jeremiah 31:2. Hebrew. yashab. to dwell (sequestered). Same word as in Deuteronomy 21:13. Not the same word as in 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. 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.

Hosea 3:3

3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.