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Then said the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her* friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

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So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces* of silver, and for* an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

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And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another* man: so will* I also be* for thee.

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For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without* teraphim:

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Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** their God, and David their king; and shall fear the \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w** and his goodness in the latter days.