>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/hosea/3?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#08003::c08003) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/hosea/3.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Hosea/3.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/hos/3/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>The prophet Hosea is speaking in Israel, conveying God's message to the Israelites about His unwavering love and the hope for their eventual repentance and return to Him. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>God told Hosea to love his wife again, even though she had done wrong things, to show how much God loves us, even when we make mistakes. Hosea bought her back and promised to stay with her. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>Hosea is commanded by God to love his wife again, despite her unfaithfulness, as a symbol of God's enduring love for the children of Israel, who have turned to other gods. Hosea buys her back for a price, and they are to live together faithfully. This act represents Israel's future return to seeking the Lord and their king, David, in the latter days, symbolizing repentance and restoration. > >#Gospel/Repentance #Gospel/Covenant #Gospel/Restoration ###### 1 1 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. ###### 2 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: ###### 3 3 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. ###### 4 4 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: ###### 5 5 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.