Hosea 2:21-3:5

New International Version

²¹“In that day I will respond,”
    declares the Lord—
“I will respond^(A) to the skies,
    and they will respond to the earth;
²²and the earth will respond to the grain,
    the new wine and the olive oil,^(B)
    and they will respond to Jezreel.^[a]^(C)
²³I will plant^(D) her for myself in the land;
    I will show my love to the one I called ‘Not my loved one.^[b]^(E)’
I will say to those called ‘Not my people,^[c]’ ‘You are my people’;^(F)
    and they will say, ‘You are my God.^(G)’”

Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife

3 The Lord said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress.^(H) Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.^(I)”

²So I bought her for fifteen shekels^[d] of silver and about a homer and a lethek^[e] of barley. ³Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”

⁴For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,^(J) without sacrifice^(K) or sacred stones,^(L) without ephod^(M) or household gods.^(N) ⁵Afterward the Israelites will return and seek^(O) the Lord their God and David their king.^(P) They will come trembling^(Q) to the Lord and to his blessings in the last days.^(R)

Footnotes

Hosea 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.
Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)
Hosea 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)
Hosea 3:2 That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams
Hosea 3:2 A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms.