[Avodah] Hoshea verse

[Silverman, Philip B]

Maybe the chevra can answer a question I have on a verse in Hoshea.

 

"For the children of Israel shall remain for many days without king, and
without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without
ephod or teraphim..." -- Hoshea 3:4

 

The list of things we Jews will be without for generations appears to be
jumbled up. It mixes up things we're /sad*/ don't exist with things
we're /glad*/ don't exist.  Why is that?  (*If these assessments are
mistaken, let me know.)

 

I'll post verse 3:5, too, not because it's related to my question, but
because I particularly /like/ it:

"Afterwards shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their
God and David their king, and they shall come trembling to the Lord and
to His goodness at the end of days."

 

Thanks,

 

Philip 



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