What does Hosea 3:4 mean?

"For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:" - Hosea 3:4

"For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:" - Hosea 3:4

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Hosea 3:4 - "For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:"

Hosea 3:4 - "For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:"

"For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:" - Hosea 3:4

"For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:" - Hosea 3:4

Hosea 4:3 - "Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away."

Hosea 4:3 - "Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away."

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Hosea 4:4 - "Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest."

Hosea 4:4 - "Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest."

Hosea 7:3 - "They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."

Hosea 7:3 - "They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."

Hosea 4:17 - "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone."

Hosea 4:17 - "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone."

Hosea 2:4 - "And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms."

Hosea 2:4 - "And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms."

Hosea 4:8 - "They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity."

Hosea 4:8 - "They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity."

Hosea 8:3 - "Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him."

Hosea 8:3 - "Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him."

Hosea 4:19 - "The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices."

Hosea 4:19 - "The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices."

Hosea 4:2 - "By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood."

Hosea 4:2 - "By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood."

Hosea 4:7 - "As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."

Hosea 4:7 - "As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."

Hosea 12:3 - "¶ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:"

Hosea 12:3 - "¶ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:"

Hosea 11:3 - "I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them."

Hosea 11:3 - "I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them."

Hosea 4:16 - "For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place."

Hosea 4:16 - "For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place."

Hosea 4:9 - "And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings."

Hosea 4:9 - "And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings."

Hosea 9:3 - "They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria."

Hosea 9:3 - "They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria."

Hosea 3:2 - "So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:"

Hosea 3:2 - "So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:"

Hosea 1:3 - "So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son."

Hosea 1:3 - "So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son."

Hosea 14:4 - "¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."

Hosea 14:4 - "¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."

"Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." - Hosea 4:17

"Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." - Hosea 4:17

"They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies." - Hosea 7:3

"They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies." - Hosea 7:3

Hosea 3:3 - "And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee."

Hosea 3:3 - "And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee."

Hosea 10:4 - "They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field."

Hosea 10:4 - "They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field."

Hosea 5:3 - "I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled."

Hosea 5:3 - "I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled."

Hosea 4:5 - "Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother."

Hosea 4:5 - "Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother."

Hosea 7:4 - "They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened."

Hosea 7:4 - "They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened."

Hosea 10:3 - "For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?"

Hosea 10:3 - "For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us?"