Hosea 3

Then 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.

The Lord told me, "Go, show love to a woman who is loved by another yet unfaithful, just as I love the people of Israel, even though they turn to other gods and love their wine."

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

So, I paid fifteen silver coins and a generous amount of barley to make her mine.

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.

I told her, "You must wait for me patiently. Don't betray me or be with another man, just as I promise to be only yours."

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:

The children of Israel will endure a long time without a leader, without rituals, and without symbols of their faith.

Afterward 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.

In time, the children of Israel will come back, longing for the Lord their God and their king David. They will feel awe and reverence for the Lord and His kindness in the days to come.