HO-3:1 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.

HO-3:2 So I bought her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and

[for] an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

HO-3:3 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.

HO-3:4 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:

HO-3:5 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.

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