Hosea 3
1 The LORD said to me, “Go again; love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, just as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”
2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, a homer of barley, and a lethech of barley.
3 I said to her, “For many days you will stay with me; you must not prostitute yourself or belong to another man, and I will do the same with you.”
4 For many days the Israelites will remain without a king or a ruler, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or household gods.
5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to his goodness in the days to come.
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