Hosea 3

¹And the Lord said to me, Go again , love a woman who is loved by another man and is 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 fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley .

³And I said to her, You must dwell as mine for many days . You shall not play the whore , or belong to another man ; so will I also be to you.

⁴For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince , without sacrifice or pillar , without ephod or household gods .

⁵Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God , and David their king , and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days .