Hosea’s Redemption of Gomer

3 Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love ^[a]a woman who is loved by her ^[b]husband, yet is committing adultery, ^(A)as the Lord loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love ^[c]raisin ^(B)cakes.” ² So I ^(C)purchased her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and a ^[d]homer and a ^[e]lethech of barley. ³ Then I said to her, “You shall ^(D)live with me for many days. You shall not play the prostitute, nor shall you have another man; so I will also be toward you.” ⁴ For the sons of Israel will live for many days ^(E)without a king or leader, ^(F)without sacrifice or ^(G)memorial stone, and without ^(H)ephod or ^[f](I)household idols. ⁵ Afterward the sons of Israel will ^(J)return and seek the Lord their God and ^(K)David their king; and ^(L)they will come trembling to the Lord and to His goodness in the last days.

¹⁷ But we, brothers and sisters, having been orphaned from you by absence for a ^[a]short while—^(A)in ^[b]person, not in ^[c]spirit—were all the more eager with great desire ^(B)to see your face. ^18 [d]For ^(C)we wanted to come to you—I, Paul, ^[e](D)more than once—and ^(E)Satan ^(F)hindered us. ¹⁹ For who is our hope, or ^(G)joy or crown of pride, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His ^[f](H)coming? Or is it not indeed you? ²⁰ For you are ^(I)our glory and joy.