[[Hosea 2|<< Hosea 2]] | [[Hosea|Hosea]] | [[Hosea 4|Hosea 4 >>]] ### Hosea 3 1 THEN said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of _her_ friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. ^1 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen _pieces_ of silver, and _for_ an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: ^2 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 _another_ man: so _will_ I also _be_ for thee. ^3 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 _without_ teraphim: ^4 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. ^5