Hosea 1:2-9
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2 When Yahweh first spoke through Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “(A)Go, take for yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for (B)the land commits flagrant harlotry, [a]forsaking Yahweh.” 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and (C)gave birth to a son for him. 4 And Yahweh said to him, “Name him (D)Jezreel; for yet a little while, and (E)I will visit the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and (F)I will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease. 5 And it will be in that day, that I will (G)break the bow of Israel in the (H)valley of Jezreel.”
6 Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And [b]Yahweh said to him, “Name her [c]Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer (I)have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. 7 But I will have (J)compassion on the house of Judah and (K)save them by Yahweh their God, and I will not save them by (L)bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”
8 Then she weaned Lo-ruhamah. And she conceived and gave birth to a son. 9 And [d]Yahweh said, “Name him [e]Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not [f]your God.”
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Hosea 1:2-9
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The Family of Hosea
2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and have children of prostitution, for the land commits great prostitution by forsaking the Lord.”(A) 3 So he went and took Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel,[a] for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.(B) 5 On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”(C)
6 She conceived again and bore a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah,[b] for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or forgive them.(D) 7 But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God; I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”(E)
8 When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and bore a son. 9 Then the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi,[c] for you are not my people, and I am not your God.”[d]
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Hosea’s Wife and Children
2 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous(A) woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness(B) to the Lord.” 3 So he married Gomer(C) daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel,(D) because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. 5 In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.(E)”
6 Gomer(F) conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”),(G) for I will no longer show love to Israel,(H) that I should at all forgive them. 7 Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow,(I) sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God,(J) will save them.”
8 After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah,(K) Gomer had another son. 9 Then the Lord said, “Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.[a](L)
Footnotes
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