1 Disse-me o Senhor: Vai outra vez, ama uma mulher, amada de seu amigo e adúltera, como o Senhor ama os filhos de Israel, embora eles olhem para outros deuses e amem bolos de passas. 2 Comprei-a, pois, para mim por quinze peças de prata e um ômer e meio de cevada; 3 e lhe disse: tu esperarás por mim muitos dias; não te prostituirás, nem serás de outro homem; assim também eu esperarei por ti. 4 Porque os filhos de Israel ficarão por muitos dias sem rei, sem príncipe, sem sacrifício, sem coluna, sem estola sacerdotal ou ídolos do lar. 5 Depois, tornarão os filhos de Israel, e buscarão ao Senhor, seu Deus, e a Davi, seu rei; e, nos últimos dias, tremendo, se aproximarão do Senhor e da sua bondade.

1 And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley; 3 and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man’s wife: so will I also be toward thee. 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim: 5 afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.

1 The LORD said to me, "Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes."

2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels "of silver and about a homer and a lethek "of barley.

3 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."

4 For the Israelites will live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred stones, without ephod or household gods.

5 Afterward the Israelites will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to his blessings in the last days.