1Then 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 cakes of raisins {flagons of wine}. 2So I bought her for myself {to me} for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley. 3And 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. 4For 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; 5Afterward 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.