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1 Then the LORD said to me, "Go again, love a woman [who is] loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just like the love of the LORD for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love [the] raisin cakes [of the pagans."]
2 So I bought her for myself for fifteen [shekels] of silver, and one and one-half homers of barley.
3 And I said to her, "You shall stay with me many days; you shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man -- so, too, [will] I [be] toward you."
4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim.
5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They shall fear the LORD and His goodness in the latter days.
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