Hosea 3

1 Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”

2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

3 Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

4 For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

5 Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

1 ¶ 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.

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

3 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.

4 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:

5 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.

1 And the LORD said unto me, Go yet one more, and woo the woman that is covetous and adulterous, as the LORD woos the children of Israel, and they turn unto strange gods, and woo a flagon of wine.

2 And I was one with her for fifteen shekels of silver, and an homer and a half of barley.

3 And he said unto her, Take hold of me for a season, and be not a harlot, and let no other come unto thee: for I will take hold of thee also.

4 For the children of Israel shall be long without king, and without princes, and without sacrifice, and without altar, and without ephod, and without sanctuary.

5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king, and shall honour the LORD and his mercy in the latter days.