3:1 The Lord said to me: “Go forth and offer your love to a woman who has a lover and is an adulteress, just as I, the Lord, love the people of Israel even though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”
3:2 Therefore, I purchased her for fifteen shekels of silver, a homer of barley, and a measure of wine,
3:3 and I said to her: “You must remain in my house for a long time, and you shall not continue to play the harlot. You shall not have relations with anyone else, nor even with me.”
3:4 For the Israelites shall spend a long time without a king or leader, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or household idols.
3:5 Afterward the Israelites shall return and seek the Lord, their God, and David, their king. They will come trembling to the Lord to beg for his bounty in the final days.
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