Hosea 1 (New American Standard Bible)

Hosea 1

Hosea's Wife and Children

 ¹The word of the LORD which came to ^(A)Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of ^(B)Uzziah, ^(C)Jotham, ^(D)Ahaz and ^(E)Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of ^(F)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

 ²When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, "^(G)Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for ^(H)the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the LORD."

 ³So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and ^(I)bore him a son.

 ⁴And the LORD said to him, "Name him ^(J)Jezreel; for yet a little while, and ^(K)I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and ^(L)I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

 ⁵"On that day I will ^(M)break the bow of Israel in the ^(N)valley of Jezreel."

 ⁶Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to him, "Name her ^[a]Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer ^(O)have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.

 ⁷"But I will have ^(P)compassion on the house of Judah and ^(Q)deliver them by the LORD their God, and will not deliver them by ^(R)bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen."

 ⁸When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.

 ⁹And the LORD said, "Name him ^[b]Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not your God."
    ¹⁰Yet the number of the sons of Israel
         Will be like the ^(S)sand of the sea,
         Which cannot be measured or numbered;
         And ^(T)in the place
         Where it is said to them,
         "You are ^(U)not My people,"
         It will be said to them,
         "You are the ^(V)sons of the living God."
    ¹¹And the ^(W)sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be ^(X)gathered together,
         And they will appoint for themselves ^(Y)one leader,
         And they will go up from the land,
         For great will be the day of Jezreel.