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So I bought her back for myself for fifteen pieces of silver and one and a half omers[a] of barley.

I told her, “You will remain with me a long time,[b] you won’t be promiscuous, you won’t be involved with any man, and I’ll do the same.”[c]

Likewise, the people of Israel will dwell a long time[d] without a king, without a prince, without sacrifice, without sacred[e] pillars, and with neither ephod nor teraphim.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 3:2 I.e. about ten bushels
  2. Hosea 3:3 Lit. me many days
  3. Hosea 3:3 Lit. same with you
  4. Hosea 3:4 Lit. will live many days
  5. Hosea 3:4 The Heb. lacks sacred
  6. Hosea 3:4 I.e. images used for divination

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.