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Hosea 3 is the third, as well as shortest, chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible . The book, a member of the Twelve Minor Prophets , contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea , son of Beeri ; chapter 3 refers autobiographically to Hosea's marriage to a woman who is an adulterer. His purchase of her from a paramour is treated in the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary as a symbol of "Israel's condition in their present dispersion, subsequent to their return from Babylon ". There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ). Halley's Bible Handbook : an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. The Oxford Companion to the Bible .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Hosea 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible . This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea son of Beeri and this chapter is about the symbol of Israel's condition in their present dispersion, subsequent to their return from Babylon. It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets . Halley's Bible Handbook : an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. The Oxford Companion to the Bible .
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third chapter of the book of hosea in the hebrew bible or the old testament of the christian bible
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