1 And Jehovah saith unto me: Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the loved of Jehovah, the sons of Israel, and they are turning unto other gods, and are lovers of grape-cakes.2 And I buy her to me for fifteen silverlings, and a homer and a letech of barley;3 and I say unto her, Many days thou dost remain for Me, thou dost not go a-whoring, nor become any ones; and I also [am] for thee.