Hosea 1:1-2:13
New American Standard Bible 1995
Hosea’s Wife and Children
1 The word of the Lord which came to (A)Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of (B)Uzziah, (C)Jotham, (D)Ahaz and (E)Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of (F)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “(G)Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for (H)the land commits flagrant harlotry, [a]forsaking the Lord.” 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and (I)bore him a son. 4 And the Lord said to him, “Name him (J)Jezreel; for yet a little while, and (K)I will [b]punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and (L)I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 On that day I will (M)break the bow of Israel in the (N)valley of Jezreel.”
6 Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And [c]the Lord said to him, “Name her [d]Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer (O)have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. 7 But I will have (P)compassion on the house of Judah and (Q)deliver them by the Lord their God, and will not deliver them by (R)bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen.”
8 When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son. 9 And [e]the Lord said, “Name him [f]Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not [g]your God.”
10 [h]Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Will be like the (S)sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And (T)in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are (U)not My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the (V)sons of the living God.”
11 And the (W)sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be (X)gathered together,
And they will appoint for themselves (Y)one leader,
And they will go up from the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel.
Israel’s Unfaithfulness Condemned
2 [i]Say to your brothers, “[j]Ammi,” and to your sisters, “[k]Ruhamah.”
2 “Contend with your mother, (Z)contend,
For she is (AA)not my wife, and I am not her husband;
And let her put away her (AB)harlotry from her face
And her adultery from between her breasts,
3 Or I will strip her (AC)naked
And expose her as on the (AD)day when she was born.
I will also (AE)make her like a wilderness,
Make her like desert land
And slay her with (AF)thirst.
4 “Also, I will have no compassion on her children,
Because they are (AG)children of harlotry.
5 “For their mother has (AH)played the harlot;
She who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, ‘(AI)I will go after my lovers,
Who (AJ)give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my flax, my (AK)oil and my drink.’
6 “Therefore, behold, I will (AL)hedge up [l]her way with (AM)thorns,
And I will build [m]a wall against her so that she cannot find her (AN)paths.
7 “She will (AO)pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them;
And she will seek them, but will not find them.
Then she will say, ‘(AP)I will go back to my (AQ)first husband,
For it was (AR)better for me then than now!’
8 “For she does (AS)not know that it was (AT)I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil,
And lavished on her silver and gold,
Which they [n]used for Baal.
9 “Therefore, I will (AU)take back My grain at [o]harvest time
And My new wine in its season.
I will also take away My wool and My flax
Given to cover her nakedness.
10 “And then I will (AV)uncover her lewdness
In the sight of her lovers,
And no one will rescue her out of My hand.
11 “I will also (AW)put an end to all her gaiety,
Her (AX)feasts, her (AY)new moons, her sabbaths
And all her festal assemblies.
12 “I will (AZ)destroy her vines and fig trees,
Of which she said, ‘These are my wages
Which my lovers have given me.’
And I will (BA)make them a forest,
And the (BB)beasts of the field will devour them.
13 “I will punish her for the (BC)days of the Baals
When she used to [p](BD)offer sacrifices to them
And (BE)adorn herself with her [q]earrings and jewelry,
And follow her lovers, so that she (BF)forgot Me,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Hosea 1:2 Lit from not following after
- Hosea 1:4 Lit visit the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu
- Hosea 1:6 Lit He
- Hosea 1:6 I.e. she has not obtained compassion
- Hosea 1:9 Lit He
- Hosea 1:9 I.e. not my people
- Hosea 1:9 Lit yours
- Hosea 1:10 Ch 2:1 in Heb
- Hosea 2:1 Ch 2:3 in Heb
- Hosea 2:1 I.e. my people
- Hosea 2:1 I.e. she has obtained compassion
- Hosea 2:6 So with some ancient versions; Heb your
- Hosea 2:6 Lit her wall so that
- Hosea 2:8 Or made into the
- Hosea 2:9 Lit its time
- Hosea 2:13 Or burn incense
- Hosea 2:13 Or nose rings
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