1 And the Lord said to me, ^x“Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.” 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a ^yhomer and a lethech¹ of barley. 3 And I said to her, “You must ^zdwell as mine for many days. You shall not play the whore, or belong to another man; so will I also be to you.” 4 For the children of Israel ^zshall dwell many days ^awithout king or prince, ^bwithout sacrifice or ^cpillar, without ^dephod or ^ehousehold gods. 5 Afterward ^fthe children of Israel shall return and ^gseek the Lord their God, and ^hDavid their king, ⁱand they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the ^jlatter days.