Hosea 3:2-5

3:2 So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley ¹  to purchase her. 3:3 Then I told her, “You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with ²  another man, and I also will wait for you.” 3:4 For the Israelites ³  must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols. 3:5 Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. ⁴  Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings ⁵  in the future. ⁶ 

¹ tc The LXX reads “a homer of barley and a measure of wine,” a reading followed by some English translations (e.g., NRSV, NLT).

² tn Heb “and you will not be for”; NIV “be intimate with.”

³ tn Heb “sons of Israel” (so NASB); KJV “children of Israel”; NAB “people of Israel” (likewise in the following verse).

⁴ tn Heb “David their king”; cf. NCV “the king from David’s family”; TEV “a descendant of David their king”; NLT “David’s descendant, their king.”

⁵ tn Heb “his goodness”; NLT “his good gifts.”

⁶ tn Heb “in the end of the days.” Cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, NLT “in the last days.”