1. Once again the Lord spoke to me. And this time he said, “Hosea, fall in love with an unfaithful woman who has a lover. Do this to show that I love the people of Israel, even though they worship idols and enjoy the offering cakes made with fruit.”
2. So I paid fifteen pieces of silver and about a hundred and fifty kilogrammes of grain for such a woman.
3. Then I said, “Now you are mine! You will have to remain faithful to me, though it will be a long time before we sleep together.”