Hosea 3:1-3

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Hosea Redeems His Wife

3 The Lord said to me again, “Go, show your love to a woman [^Cprobably Gomer (1:3), who has since deserted him] ·loved by [or who loves] someone else, who ·has been unfaithful to you [is committing adultery]. In the same way the Lord loves the ·people [^Lsons; ^Tchildren] of Israel, even though they ·worship [turn to] other gods and love to eat the raisin cakes [^Cfood eaten at pagan temples].”

² So I bought her for six ·ounces of silver [shekels] and ·ten bushels [^La homer and a lethek; ^Ca homer was 5–6 bushels; a lethek was about half that] of barley. ³ Then I told her, “You must ·wait for [or live with] me for many days. You must not be a prostitute, and you must not have sexual relations with any other man. I will act the same way toward you.”