3:1 The Lord said to me, “Go, show love to 1 your wife 2 again, even though she loves 3 another man 4 and continually commits adultery. 5 Likewise, the Lord loves 6 the Israelites 7 although they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.” 8 3:2 So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley 9 to purchase her. 3:3 Then I told her, “You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with 10 another man, and I also will wait for you.” 3:4 For the Israelites 11 must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols.