(KJV) Hosea 3¹

⥃Hosea Redeems His Wife ^{[ Zechariah 2:6–13 ]}

[1] Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet², love a woman beloved of [her] friend³, yet an adulteress, according⁴ to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look⁵ to other gods, and love flagons⁶ of wine⁷. [2] So I bought⁸ her to me for fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] an homer⁹ of barley, and an half homer¹⁰ of barley: [3] And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide¹¹ 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 king¹², and without a prince, and without a sacrifice¹³, and without an image¹⁴, and without an ephod¹⁵, and [without] teraphim¹⁶: [5] Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek¹⁷ the Lord their God, and David their king¹⁸; and shall fear¹⁹ the Lord and his goodness in the²⁰ latter days.