New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 The Lord said to me again, "Go, love a woman who has a lover and is an adulteress, just as the Lord loves the people of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes."
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And the Lord said to me, Give your love again to a woman who has a lover and is false to her husband, even as the Lord has love for the children of Israel, though they are turned to other gods and are lovers of grape-cakes.
2 So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer of barley and a measure of wine.
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So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;
3 And I said to her, "You must remain as mine for many days; you shall not play the whore, you shall not have intercourse with a man, nor I with you."
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And I said to her, You are to be mine for a long space of time; you are not to be false to me, and no other man is to have you for his wife; and so will I be to you.
4 For the Israelites shall remain many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or pillar, without ephod or teraphim.
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For the children of Israel will for a long time be without king and without ruler, without offerings and without pillars, and without ephod or images.
5 Afterward the Israelites shall return and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; they shall come in awe to the Lord and to his goodness in the latter days.
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And after that, the children of Israel will come back and go in search of the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come in fear to the Lord and to his mercies in the days to come.
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