Then the LORD said to me, Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is comitting adultery, just like the love of the LORD for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans.

2 "So I brought her myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley.

3 And I said to her,"You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man - so, too, will I be toward you."

4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.

5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the latter days. HOSEA 3