Hosea 3:2-4

New Century Version

² So I bought her for six ounces of silver and ten bushels of barley. ³ Then I told her, “You must wait for me for many days. You must not be a prostitute, and you must not have sexual relations with any other man. I will act the same way toward you.”

⁴ In the same way Israel will live many days without a king or leader, without sacrifices or holy stone pillars, and without the holy vest or an idol.