1 And the Lord said to me, ^p“Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the Lord ^qloves 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 homer and a lethech¹ of barley. 3 And I said to her, “You must dwell 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 shall dwell many days ^rwithout king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ^sephod or household gods. 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and ^tseek the Lord their God, ^uand ^vDavid their king, and they shall come in fear to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.