1The Lord said to me, ‘Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.’2So I bought her for fifteen shekels[1] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[2] of barley.3Then I told her, ‘You are to live with me for many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way towards you.’4For the Israelites will live for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods.5Afterwards the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.
Hosea 3
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Hosea Redeems His Wife
1And the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” (Ho 1:2)2So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech[1] of barley. (Le 27:16; Eze 45:11)3And I said to her, “You must dwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.” (De 21:13)4For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods. (Ge 31:19; Jud 8:27; Ho 3:3; Ho 9:4; Ho 10:1; Ho 10:3; Ho 10:7)5Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days. (Isa 2:2; Jer 23:5; Jer 29:13; Jer 50:4; Eze 34:23; Ho 1:11; Ho 14:1; Mic 4:1; Mic 7:17)