3:1 Then said the LORD to me, Go yet, love a woman beloved by
[her] friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the
LORD towards the children of Israel, who look to other gods,
and love flagons of wine.
3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and
[for] a homer of barley, and a half homer of barley:
3:3 And I said to 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.
3:4 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:
3:5 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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