Hosea 3 ~ Praying God's Word

Please read Hosea 3.

Meditate on verses 1 and 5.

Then the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her husband,

yet an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”  Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the LORD

and to His goodness in the last days.

Chapter 3 is a heart wrenching passage of Scripture. Gomer left Hosea to live with her lover. Her lover failed her, and she became a slave.

God told Hosea to go again and love her. She was unfaithful and brought destruction on herself, but Hosea was to love her again. Hosea bought her for the minimum price to redeem a human, 30 pieces of silver. He only had 15 pieces, so he used barley to make up the other 15 pieces of silver.

Judas sold Jesus for 30 pieces of silver (Matthew 26:14-15). Can you imagine the audacity of this transaction compared to Gomer. Jesus is the Author of freedom, the Creator of the world, and the Redeemer of all. His life was so valuable it could buy spiritual freedom for everyone. Judas did not sell Jesus for 30 pieces of silver; he sold himself out for 30 pieces of silver.

Hosea was not Jesus. He could not offer himself to redeem the world. Yet he sacrificed greatly to redeem his wife. He not only spent all he had to pay for the lowest level of slave, but he risked sacrificing his heart to love her again. Are you willing to love again in a holy, Godly way someone you have stopped loving?

Gomer, like Israel, had to purge what she thought gave her life. Gomer was chaste from sexuality, even with Hosea, until she realized what true love and Godliness were.

Israel has lost their precious kings, worship sites, and idols. But they will return to God and His goodness. They will honor the lineage of King David. That lineage is now complete. The King’s name is Jesus. Someday, Israel will return to Him, their Creator, Savior, and King.

Pray Hosea 3:1 and 5 over yourself and those for whom you stand guard as a faithful, prayerful watchman (Isaiah 62:6-7).

“LORD let ________ and me go again and love. Let us love as You love Israel.


Help _________ to return and seek You, LORD, as their God and their King.


Let them come trembling back to You and Your goodness in these last days.

In Your name, Jesus~”

The WATCHMAN on the WALL ~ Dr. Ron and Marsha Harvell