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Hosea 1:2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hosea 1:2
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hosea’s Marriage and Children
2 When the Lord first spoke to Hosea, He said this to him:
Go and marry a promiscuous wife(A)
and have children of promiscuity,
for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity
by abandoning the Lord.
Hosea 1:3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hosea 1:3
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 So he went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.(A)
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Hosea 1:6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hosea 1:6
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and the Lord said to him:
Name her No Compassion,[a]
for I will no longer have compassion
on the house of Israel.
I will certainly take them away.
Footnotes
- Hosea 1:6 Or Lo-ruhamah
Hosea 1:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Hosea 1:8
Holman Christian Standard Bible
8 After Gomer had weaned No Compassion, she conceived and gave birth to a son.
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