⁶ Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture,

Israel Will Return to God

3 Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by a ^(A)lover^[a] and is committing adultery, just like the love of the Lord for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans.”

² So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley. ³ And I said to her, “You shall ^(B)stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man—so, too, will I be toward you.”

⁴ For the children of Israel shall abide many days ^(C)without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ^(D)ephod or ^(E)teraphim. ⁵ Afterward the children of Israel shall return and ^(F)seek the Lord their God and ^(G)David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the ^(H)latter days.

An Everlasting Covenant

⁶⁰ “Nevertheless I will ^(A)remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish ^(B)an everlasting covenant with you. ⁶¹ Then ^(C)you will remember your ways and be ashamed, when you receive your older and your younger sisters; for I will give them to you for ^(D)daughters, ^(E)but not because of My covenant with you. ^62 (F)And I will establish My covenant with you. Then you shall know that I am the Lord, ⁶³ that you may ^(G)remember and be ashamed, ^(H)and never open your mouth anymore because of your shame, when I provide you an atonement for all you have done,” says the Lord God.’ ”