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1.    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.
 
2.    So I bought her to me for fifteen silver pieces, and for a  homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley.
 
3.    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.
 
4.    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.
 
5.    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.