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1. The Lord said to me again, "Go, show your love to a woman loved by someone else, who has been unfaithful to you. In the same way the Lord loves the people of Israel, even though they worship other gods and love to eat the raisin cakes."
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1. Then said H559 the LORD H3068 unto H413 me, Go H1980 yet H5750 , love H157 a woman H802 beloved H157 of her friend H7453 , yet an adulteress H5003 , according to the love H160 of the LORD H3068 toward H853 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 , who H1992 look H6437 to H413 other H312 gods H430 , and love H157 flagons H809 of wine H6025 .
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2. So I bought her for six ounces of silver and ten bushels of barley.
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2. So I bought H3739 her to me for fifteen H2568 H6240 pieces of silver H3701 , and for a homer H2563 of barley H8184 , and a half homer H3963 of barley H8184 :
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3. Then I told her, "You must wait for me for many days. You must not be a prostitute, and you must not have sexual relations with any other man. I will act the same way toward you."
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3. And I said H559 unto H413 her , Thou shalt abide H3427 for me many H7227 days H3117 ; thou shalt not H3808 play the harlot H2181 , and thou shalt not H3808 be H1961 for another man H376 : so will I H589 also H1571 be for H413 thee.
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4. In the same way Israel will live many days without a king or leader, without sacrifices or holy stone pillars, and without the holy vest or an idol.
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4. For H3588 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 shall abide H3427 many H7227 days H3117 without H369 a king H4428 , and without H369 a prince H8269 , and without H369 a sacrifice H2077 , and without H369 an image H4676 , and without H369 an ephod H646 , and without teraphim H8655 :
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5. After this, the people of Israel will return to the Lord their God and follow him and the king from David's family. In the last days they will turn in fear to the Lord, and he will bless them.
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5. Afterward H310 shall the children H1121 of Israel H3478 return H7725 , and seek H1245 H853 the LORD H3068 their God H430 , and David H1732 their king H4428 ; and shall fear H6342 H413 the LORD H3068 and his goodness H2898 in the latter H319 days H3117 .
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