Hosea 3 | New International Reader’s Version

Hosea brings his wife back to himself

1 The LORD said to me, ‘Go. Show your love to your wife again. She is loved by another man. And she has committed adultery. But I want you to love her just as I love the people of Israel. They turn to other gods. And they love to offer raisin cakes to Baal and eat them. In spite of that, I love my people.’ 2 So I bought Gomer for 180 grams of silver and 180 kilograms of barley. 3 Then I told her, ‘You must wait for me for a long time. You must not be a prostitute. You must not have sex with any man. And I will be faithful to you too.’ 4 So the people of Israel will live for a long time without a king or prince. They won’t have sacrifices or sacred stones. They won’t have sacred linen aprons or statues of family gods. 5 After that, the people of Israel will return to the LORD their God. They will look to him and to a king from the family line of David. In the last days, they will tremble with fear as they come to the LORD. And they will receive his full blessing.