3 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.
