何西阿贖回不貞之妻

耶和華對何西阿說:「你要再去愛那個另有新歡的淫婦,像耶和華愛以色列人一樣愛她。儘管他們祭拜別的神明,喜愛葡萄餅,耶和華仍然愛他們。」 於是,我用一百七十克銀子和一百五十公斤大麥贖回她, 對她說:「你要和我住許多日子。這期間不可行淫,不可親近別的男人,我也不與你同房。」 以色列人也要有許多日子沒有君王和首領,沒有祭祀和神柱,也沒有以弗得和家庭神像。 之後,以色列人將回心轉意,尋求他們的上帝耶和華,歸向他們的君王大衛。在末後的日子,他們將懷著敬畏的心歸向耶和華,領受祂的恩惠。

Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.

For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.