Hosea 1:2-4

New International Reader's Version

Hosea’s Wife and Children

² The Lord began to speak through Hosea. He said to him, “Go. Marry a woman who has sex with anyone she wants. Have children with her. Do this because the people of the land are like that kind of wife. They have not been faithful to me.” ³ So Hosea married Gomer. She was the daughter of Diblaim. Gomer became pregnant and had a son by Hosea.

⁴ Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel. That’s because I will soon punish Jehu’s royal family. He killed many people at the city of Jezreel. So I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.