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So I bought her for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and nine bushels[a] of barley. I said to her, “You will stay with me for many days. You must not be promiscuous.[b] You must not be with any other man, and I will also be for you.”

So the people of Israel will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred memorial stones, and without the special vest[c] or family idols.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:2 A homer and a lethek, that is, six bushels plus three bushels
  2. Hosea 3:3 Or engage in prostitution
  3. Hosea 3:4 Hebrew ephod
  4. Hosea 3:4 Hebrew teraphim

So I bought her for fifteen shekels[a] of silver and about a homer and a lethek[b] of barley. Then I told her, “You are to live with me many days; you must not be a prostitute or be intimate with any man, and I will behave the same way toward you.”

For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince,(A) without sacrifice(B) or sacred stones,(C) without ephod(D) or household gods.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:2 That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams
  2. Hosea 3:2 A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms.