1 T hen the Lord said to me, “Go again and love your wife, even when she is loved by another and is not faithful. Love her as the Lord loves the people of Israel, even when they turn to other gods and love cakes of dried grapes.”

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 S o I bought her for fifteen pieces of silver money and ten baskets of barley.

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

3 T hen I said to her, “You must stay with me for many days, and be faithful to me. Do not have another man, and I will also be faithful to you.”

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 F or the sons of Israel will live many days without a king or leader, without holy gifts or holy stone pillars, and without linen vests or false gods.

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 A fter this the sons of Israel will return and look for the Lord their God and for David their king. And they will come shaking before the Lord and receive His goodness in the last days.

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.