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Hosea 3:1

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friend: Jeremiah 3:1, Jeremiah 3:20 *marg. Matthew 26:50

according: Hosea 11:8; Deuteronomy 7:6-7; Judges 10:16; 2 Kings 13:23; Nehemiah 9:18-19, Nehemiah 9:31; Psalms 106:43-46; Jeremiah 3:1-4, Jeremiah 3:12-14, Jeremiah 31:20; Micah 7:18-20; Zechariah 1:16; Luke 1:54-55

look: Psalms 123:2; Isaiah 17:7-8, Isaiah 45:22; Micah 7:7

love flagons: Hosea 4:11, Hosea 7:5, Hosea 9:1-2; Exodus 32:6; Judges 9:27; Amos 2:8, Amos 6:6; 1 Corinthians 10:7, 1 Corinthians 10:21; 1 Peter 4:3

wine: Heb. grapes

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