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Then the Lord said to me, "Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress,^(a) just as the Lord loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes."^(b)

So I bought her for 15 shekels of silver and five bushels of barley.^[a][b](c)

I said to her, "You must live with me many days. Don't be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you."

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince,^(d) without sacrifice^(e) or sacred pillar,^(f) and without ephod^(g) or household idols.^(h)

Afterward, the people of Israel will return⁽ⁱ⁾ and seek the Lord their God and David their king.^(j) They will come with awe to the Lord ^(k) and to His goodness in the last days.