Hosea 3:1-3

Christian Standard Bible

Waiting for Restoration

3 Then the Lord said to me, “Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress,^(A) just as the Lord loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”^(B)

² So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and nine bushels of barley.^{[a][b](C) 3} I said to her, “You are to live with me many days. You must not be promiscuous or belong to any man, and I will act the same way toward you.”