Hosea 3:2-4

New International Reader's Version

² So I bought Gomer for six ounces of silver and 430 pounds of barley. ³ Then I told her, “You must wait for me for a long time. You must not be a prostitute. You must not have sex with any man. And I will be faithful to you too.”

⁴ So the people of Israel will live for a long time without a king or prince. They won’t have sacrifices or sacred stones. They won’t have sacred linen aprons or statues of family gods.