An Illustration of God’s Love for Idolatrous Israel
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2So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley to purchase her.
3Then I told her, “You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with another man, and I also will wait for you.”
4For the Israelites must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols.
5Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the