Shared Word Translation
Hosea 3
Love Her Again
The LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman loved by another and committing adultery, just as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. I said to her, “You shall remain with me many days. You shall not prostitute yourself, and you shall not belong to another man; and I also will be so toward you.”
Israel Will Return
For the children of Israel will remain many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or household gods. Afterward the children 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.