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3:1 And the LORD said to me, 'Go again, love a woman who is beloved of a paramour and is an adulteress;even as the LORD loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.' 3:2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley. 3:3 And I said to her, 'You must dwell as mine for many days;you shall not play the harlot, or belong to another man;so will I also be to you.' 3:4 For the children of Israel shall dwell many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or teraphim. 3:5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God, and David their king;and they shall come in fear to the LORD and to his goodness in the latter days.