Hos 3 | RLT | STEP | Then said Yhwh unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend , yet an adulteress , according to the love of Yhwh toward the children of Israel , who look to other gods , and love flagons of wine .

‏ Hosea 3

CHAP. III.

1 Then said Yhwh unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of Yhwh toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. ^{▼▼ of wine: Heb. of grapes.} 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: ^{▼▼ half…: Heb. lethech.} 3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: ^{▼▼ image: Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar.} 5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Yhwh their God, and David their king; and shall fear Yhwh and his goodness in the latter days.