And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of a friend, and an adulteress, according to the love of Jehovah for the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love raisin-cakes.
So I bought her to me for fifteen silver pieces, and for a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.
And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be another man's, and I will also be for thee.
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without statue, and without ephod and teraphim.
Afterwards shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king; and shall turn with fear toward Jehovah and toward his goodness, at the end of the days.
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Hosea buys back his adulterous wife, foreshadowing Israel’s long season without king or sacrifice before they return in the latter days to seek the LORD and ‘David’ their king.
Marriage metaphor portrays Israel's unfaithfulness and God's persistent love.
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