﻿Hosea.
Chapter 3.
The LORD said to me again, “Go, love a woman who is loved by a companion but commits adultery, as the LORD loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” 
So I bought her for myself for about six ounces of silver, about five bushels of barley, and about two and a half bushels of barley. 
I said to her, “You must stay with me for many days. You must not prostitute yourself or belong to any man, and I will be the same toward you.” 
For the people of Israel will remain many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or household gods. 
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 latter days. 
