Hosea 3 · הושע

Then the Lord said to me, Go yet, love a women who is beloved by a paramour, and an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord towards the children of Yisra᾽el, who look to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a ĥomer of barley, and a letekh of barley:

And I said to her, Thou shalt remain as mine for many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not belong to another man: so will I also be towards thee.

For the children of Yisra᾽el shall remain for many days, having no king, nor prince, nor sacrifice, nor pillar, nor efod, nor terafim:

afterwards the children of Yisra᾽el shall return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall come trembling to the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.