Hosea 2:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Hosea 2:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Hosea 2:3 is a verse from the book of Hosea in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dr..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Hosea 2:3 — KJV
“Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.”
— Hosea 2:3 (KJV)
Hosea 2:3 in Context — About the Book of Hosea
Hosea lived his sermon: commanded to marry an unfaithful wife and keep bringing her home, he became a walking picture of God's scandalous love for wandering Israel. The book aches with betrayal yet ends with healing for backsliders and love that will not let go.
Cross-References for Hosea 2:3
“Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.”
Shares key themes with Hosea 2:3: lest, wilderness, land
“And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? lay: Heb. fell”
Shares key themes with Hosea 2:3: strip, naked, day
“[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; thirsty: Heb. weary where...: without water”
Shares key themes with Hosea 2:3: wilderness, dry, land
“I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.”
Shares key themes with Hosea 2:3: make, wilderness, dry
“Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.”
Shares key themes with Hosea 2:3: make, wilderness, dry
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