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.^(A) Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.^(B)”

¹⁹ Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins^(A) to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women.^(B) And all the people went to their homes.