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Hosea Marries Again

Then Yahweh said to me, “Go again, love a [a]woman who is loved by her companion and is an adulteress, even (A)as Yahweh loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin (B)cakes.” So I (C)bargained for her for myself for fifteen [b]shekels of silver and a [c]homer and a [d]half of barley.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:1 Gomer
  2. Hosea 3:2 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  3. Hosea 3:2 A homer was approx. 6.5 bu. or 230 l
  4. Hosea 3:2 Heb lethech