1. Then said יְהוָ֥ה unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of יְהוָ֥ה toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

2. So I bought her to me for fifteen of silver, and 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 man: so I also 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 teraphim:

5. Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek יְהוָ֥ה their Elohim, and David their king; and shall fear יְהוָ֥ה and his goodness in the latter days.