Hosea 3

Christian Standard Bible

Waiting for Restoration

3 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)

² So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and nine bushels of barley.^{[a][b](C) 3} I said to her, “You are to live with me many days. You must not be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”

⁴ 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) 5} 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.