1Then said the Lord unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the Lord toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.[ † ]Jeremiah 3:20 2So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:
3and 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.[ † ]Deuteronomy 21:13
4For 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:[ † ]Hosea 10:3Exodus 28:4-121 Samuel 23:9-12Genesis 31:19-34Judges 17:5Judges 18:14-171 Samuel 15:23 5afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.[ † ]Jeremiah 50:4Jeremiah 30:9Ezekiel 34:24Isaiah 2:2-3Jeremiah 31:9