乌西雅、约坦、亚哈斯和希西迦做犹大王,约阿施的儿子耶罗波安做以色列王期间,耶和华将祂的话传给备利的儿子何西阿。

何西阿娶妓女为妻

耶和华首次向何西阿说话时,对他说:“你去娶一个妓女为妻,和她生养儿女,因为这片土地上的人极其淫乱,背弃了耶和华。” 于是,何西阿娶了滴拉音的女儿歌蜜为妻,她怀孕为他生了一个儿子。 耶和华对何西阿说:“给他取名叫耶斯列[a],因为再过不久,我就要因耶户家在耶斯列的屠杀而惩罚他们,消灭以色列国。 那时,我要在耶斯列平原折断以色列的弓。” 后来,歌蜜又怀孕生了一个女儿。耶和华对何西阿说:“给她取名叫罗·路哈玛[b],因为我将不再怜悯以色列家,也不再赦免他们的罪。 但我要怜悯犹大家,使他们依靠他们的上帝耶和华得到拯救,而不是依靠战弓、刀剑、马匹、骑兵和战争。” 罗·路哈玛断奶后,歌蜜又怀孕生了一个儿子。 耶和华说:“给他取名叫罗·阿米[c],因为以色列人不再是我的子民,我也不再是他们的上帝。

以色列的复兴

10 “然而,以色列的人数必像海沙一样量不尽、数不完。从前我在什么地方对他们说‘你们不是我的子民’,将来也要在那里对他们说‘你们是永活上帝的儿女’。 11 那时,犹大人和以色列人将被聚集起来,为自己选立一位首领,从流亡之地返回故乡,安居乐业。耶斯列的日子将是伟大的日子。

Footnotes

  1. 1:4 耶斯列”意思是“上帝撒种”。此处指上帝要像撒种一样驱散以色列人,但在1:11指上帝要赐福他们,就像撒种后获得了大丰收。
  2. 1:6 罗·路哈玛”意思是“不蒙怜悯”。
  3. 1:9 罗·阿米”意思是“不是我的子民”。

Hosea’s Wife and Children

The word of [a]Yahweh which came to (A)Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of (B)Uzziah, (C)Jotham, (D)Ahaz, and (E)Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of (F)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

When Yahweh first spoke through Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “(G)Go, take for yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for (H)the land commits flagrant harlotry, [b]forsaking Yahweh.” So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and (I)gave birth to a son for him. And Yahweh said to him, “Name him (J)Jezreel; for yet a little while, and (K)I will visit the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and (L)I will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease. And it will be in that day, that I will (M)break the bow of Israel in the (N)valley of Jezreel.”

Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And [c]Yahweh said to him, “Name her [d]Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer (O)have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. But I will have (P)compassion on the house of Judah and (Q)save them by Yahweh their God, and I will not save them by (R)bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”

Then she weaned Lo-ruhamah. And she conceived and gave birth to a son. And [e]Yahweh said, “Name him [f]Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not [g]your God.”

10 [h]Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Will be like the (S)sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And it will be that (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.”
11 And the (W)sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be (X)gathered together,
And they will set for themselves (Y)one head,
And they will go up from the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel.

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:1 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15
  2. Hosea 1:2 Lit from not following after
  3. Hosea 1:6 Lit He
  4. Hosea 1:6 Lit she has not obtained compassion
  5. Hosea 1:9 Lit He
  6. Hosea 1:9 Lit not my people
  7. Hosea 1:9 Lit yours
  8. Hosea 1:10 Ch 2:1 in Heb