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Hosea 1:2

Hosea 1:2

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beginning: Mark 1:1

Go: Hosea 3:1; Isaiah 20:2-3; Jeremiah 13:1-11; Ezek. 4:1-5:17

a wife: That is, says Apb. Newcome, a wife from among the Israelites, who were a people remarkable for spiritual fornication or idolatry.

children: Hosea 2:4; 2 Peter 2:14 *marg.

for: Exodus 34:15-16; Deuteronomy 31:16; 2 Chronicles 21:13; Psalms 73:27, Psalms 106:39; Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 3:1-4, Jeremiah 3:9; Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 16:1-63, Ezekiel 23:1-49; Revelation 17:1-2, Revelation 17:5

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