Hos 3
1
And YHWH said to me, Go again, love a woman beloved of [her] friend, and an adulteress,
even as YHWH loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love
cakes of raisins.
2
So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a
half-homer of barley;
3
and I said to her, You shall abide for me many days; you shall not play the harlot,
and you shall not be any man`s wife: so will I also be toward you.
4
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince,
and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:
5
afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek YHWH their God, and David
their king, and shall come with fear to YHWH and to his goodness in the latter days.