Hosea 3:5

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Hosea 3:3–5 · Berean Standard Bible

3 Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

4 For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

5 Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

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Isaiah 55:4

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Ezekiel 37:24

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Ezekiel 16:63

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Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”

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