Waiting for Restoration
1 Then theLordsaid to me, “Go again; show love to a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress,just as theLordloves the Israelites though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.”
2 So I bought her for 15 shekels of silver and five bushels of barley.
3 I said to her, “You must live with me many days. Don’t 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,without sacrificeor sacred pillar,and without ephodor household idols.
5 Afterward, the people of Israel will returnand seek theLordtheir God and David their king.They will come with awe to theLordand to His goodness in the last days.
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