New King James Version

Hosea 3:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)

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.”