Waiting for Restoration
1 Then the LORD said to me, “Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, q just as the LORD loves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” r
2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and five bushels of barley. M,N,s 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.”
4 For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, t without sacrifice u or sacred pillar, v and without ephod w or household idols. x 5 Afterward, the people of Israel will return y and seek the LORD their God and David their king. z They will come with awe to the LORD a and to his goodness in the last days.