¹Yahweh said to me again, Go, love a woman who is loved by a companion and is committing adultery, as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of grapes.

²And I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver, a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.

³And I said to her, You will dwell for me many days; you will not prostitute yourself, and you will not belong to a man; and I also will be so toward you.

⁴For many days the children of Israel will dwell with no king and no official, no sacrifice and no pillar, no ephod or teraphim.

⁵Afterward the children of Israel will return and seek Yahweh their God and David their king; and they will come in awe to Yahweh and to his goodness in the latter end of the days.