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