{"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/erv/hosea/3","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:56:19.301Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend and an adulteress, even as the LORD loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man's wife: so will I also be toward thee."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall come with fear unto the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 3 (ERV)","markdown":"[Hosea 3](https://primebible.com/erv/hosea/3)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/hosea/3 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}