¹The LORD said to me , “Go again , love a woman loved by another , and an adulteress , even as the LORD loves the children of Israel , though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”

²So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley .[#3:2 1 homer is about 220 litres or 6 bushels]

³I said to her , “You shall stay with me many days . You shall not play the prostitute , and you shall not be with any other man. I will also be so towards you .”

⁴For the children of Israel shall live many days without king , without prince , without sacrifice , without sacred stone, and without ephod or idols .

⁵Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God , and David their king , and shall come with trembling to the LORD and to his blessings in the last days .