Hosea 3:2-4

Good News Translation

² So I paid fifteen pieces of silver and seven bushels of barley to buy her. ³ I told her that for a long time she would have to wait for me without being a prostitute or committing adultery; and during this time I would wait for her. ⁴ In just this way the people of Israel will have to live for a long time without kings or leaders, without sacrifices or sacred stone pillars, without idols or images to use for divination.