{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T20:47:17.242Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":3,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":2,"nextChapter":4,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":5},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the Lord said to me: Go yet again, and love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress : as the Lord loveth the children of Israel, and they look to strange gods, and love the husks of the grapes. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a core of barley, and for half a core of barley. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And I said to her: Thou shalt wait for me many days: thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt be no man's, and I also will wait for thee. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For the children of Israel shall sit many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without altar, and without ephod, and without theraphim. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And after this the children of Israel shall return, and shall seek the Lord their God, and David their king: and they shall fear the Lord, and his goodness in the last days. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 3 (DRB)","markdown":"[Hosea 3](https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/3 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}