[1] And the LORD said to me, "Go again, love a woman who is beloved of a
paramour and is an adulteress; even as the LORD loves the people of Israel,
though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins." [2] So I bought
her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. [3]
And I said to her, "You must dwell as mine for many days; you shall not
play the harlot, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you." [4]
For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince,
without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or teraphim. [5] Afterward 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.