1 | Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend,
yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of
Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.
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2 | So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of
barley, and an half homer of barley:
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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.
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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:
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5 | Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God,
and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter
days.
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