Hosea 3:2 Meaning and Explanation
“So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:”
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Read Full Chapter →Hosea pays a price in silver and barley to take the woman back to himself, buying her out of her bondage.
What Does Hosea 3:2 Mean?
Obedient to the word he received, Hosea gathers a price and redeems the woman. The sum is modest and mixed, partly silver and partly grain, the kind of payment a man of small means might scrape together. Whatever her circumstances had become, he pays to bring her home and make her his own again.
A price is laid down so that one who was lost can be reclaimed. The prophet's small handful of silver and barley quietly points beyond itself to a greater redemption, for the people of God are bought back not by force but at cost. In Christ that cost is fully paid, and those who had sold themselves to ruin are purchased and brought home.
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What does Hosea 3:2 mean?
Hosea pays a price in silver and barley to take the woman back to himself, buying her out of her bondage.