Hosea 3

1 Then said the LORD unto me,

Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress,

according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel,

who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver,

and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

3 And I said unto her,

Thou shalt abide for me many days;

thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man:

so will I also be for thee.

4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king,

and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image,

and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return,

and seek the LORD their God,

and David their king;

and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

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