Hosea 1:2-5

New American Standard Bible

² When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “^(A)Go, take for yourself a wife ^[a]inclined to infidelity, and children of infidelity; for ^(B)the land commits flagrant infidelity, ^[b]abandoning the Lord.” ³ So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and ^(C)bore him a son. ⁴ And the Lord said to him, “Name him ^(D)Jezreel; for in just a little while ^(E)I will ^[c]punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and ^(F)I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. ⁵ On that day I will ^(G)break the bow of Israel in the ^(H)Valley of Jezreel.”