Hosea 3:1-3

EasyEnglish Bible

Hosea returns to his wife

3 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Go back to your wife and show that you love her. Do that, even though she loves another man and is not faithful to you. The Lord loves the Israelites in the same way. They turn away from him to worship other gods. They love to offer gifts of raisins to idols. But the Lord still loves them.’

² So I paid 15 pieces of silver and 50 kilograms of grain to get my wife back. ³ Then I told her, ‘You must stay at home with me for many days. You must not live as a prostitute. You must not have sex with any other man. I will also be faithful to you.’