Hosea 1:1-3

New International Version

1 The word of the Lord that came^(A) to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah,^(B) Jotham,^(C) Ahaz^(D) and Hezekiah,^(E) kings of Judah,^(F) and during the reign of Jeroboam^(G) son of Jehoash^[a] king of Israel:^(H)

Hosea’s Wife and Children

²When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous^(I) woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness^(J) to the Lord.” ³So he married Gomer^(K) daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

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Footnotes

Hosea 1:1 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash

Hosea 4:12-13

New International Version

¹²My people consult a wooden idol,^(A)
    and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.^(B)
A spirit of prostitution^(C) leads them astray;^(D)
    they are unfaithful^(E) to their God.
¹³They sacrifice on the mountaintops
    and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak,^(F) poplar and terebinth,
    where the shade is pleasant.^(G)
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution^(H)
    and your daughters-in-law to adultery.^(I)