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707 B
Go again, love a woman, loved by her husband, but who is an adulteress.
This refers back to Hosea 1:2. Hosea was told by Yahweh to again love an adulteress.
Love her just as I, Yahweh, love the people of Israel
By his love for the adulteress, Hosea was to be an example of Yahweh's love for Israel. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes
Raisin cakes were used in the sacrificial feasts of idol worship.
fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a lethek of barley
the price paid for a slave
homer
(See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/biblicalvolume)
lethek
half. Indicates another half homer of barley.