The Book of the Prophet Hosea 3

 The Book of the Prophet Hosea 3

1 Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her friend and is an adulteress, just as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”

2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, a homer and a half of barley.

3 I said to her, “You will stay with me many days; you will not play the harlot, nor will you belong to another man. I want to be with you also.”

4 For the Israelites will remain many days without a king, without a prince, without a sacrifice, without an idol, without an ephod or teraphim.

5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king, and they will fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.