1 Again the Lord said to me:Go, love a womanwho is loved by her spouse but commits adultery;Just as the Lord loves the Israelites,though they turn to other godsand love raisin cakes.
2 So I acquired her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.
3 Then I said to her:“You will wait for me for many days;you will not prostitute yourselfOr belong to any man;I in turn will wait for you.”
4 For the Israelites will remain many dayswithout king or prince,Without sacrifice or sacred pillar,without ephod or household gods.
5 Afterward the Israelites will turn backand seek the Lord, their God,and David, their king; They will come trembling to the Lordand to his bounty, in the last days.