CHAPTER 3
Then the LORD
said
to me,
“Go
show love
to your wife
again,
though she is loved
by another
and is an adulteress.
Love her
as the LORD
loves
the Israelites,
though they
turn
to
other
gods
and offer cakes
of raisin."
Then I said
to her,
“You must live
with me
for many
days;
you must not
be promiscuous
or belong to
another,
and
I
will do the same for you.”
For
the Israelites
must live
many
days
without
king
or prince,
without
sacrifice
or
sacred pillar,
and without
ephod
or idol.
Afterward,
the people
of Israel
will return
and seek
the LORD
their God
and David
their king.
They will come trembling
to
the LORD
and to
His goodness
in the last
days.