Hosea 1:2-9
English Standard Version
Hosea's Wife and Children
2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, (A)“Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have (B)children of whoredom, for (C)the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.” 3 So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 And the Lord said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while (D)I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and (E)I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And on that day (F)I will break the bow of Israel (G)in the Valley of Jezreel.”
6 She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, (H)“Call her name No Mercy,[a] for (I)I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. 7 But (J)I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I (K)will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”
8 When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son. 9 And the Lord said, (L)“Call his name Not My People,[b] for (M)you are not my people, and I am not your God.”[c]
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Hosea 1:2-9
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.
3 So he went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.(B) 4 Then the Lord said to him:
Name him Jezreel,(C) for in a little while
I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel(D)
on the house of Jehu(E)
and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5 On that day I will break the bow of Israel(F)
in the Valley of Jezreel.[a](G)
6 She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and the Lord said to him:
Name her No Compassion,[b]
for I will no longer have compassion
on the house of Israel.
I will certainly take them away.
7 But I will have compassion on the house of Judah,(H)
and I will deliver them by the Lord their God.(I)
I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war,
or by horses and cavalry.(J)
8 After Gomer had weaned No Compassion, she conceived and gave birth to a son. 9 Then the Lord said:
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