Hosea 1:2-9
Legacy Standard Bible
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
Common English Bible
God commands Hosea to marry
2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to him,“Go, marry a prostitute and have children of prostitution, for the people of the land commit great prostitution by deserting the Lord.” 3 So Hosea went and took Gomer, Diblaim’s daughter, and she became pregnant and bore him a son. 4 The Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will destroy the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Jezreel Valley.” 6 Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Name her No Compassion, because I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel or forgive them. 7 But I will have compassion on the house of Judah. I, the Lord their God, will save them; I will not save them by bow, or by sword, or by war, or by horses, or by horsemen.” 8 When Gomer finished nursing No Compassion, she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. 9 Then the Lord said, “Name him Not My People because you are not my people, and I am not your God.”[a]
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- Hosea 1:9 Or I am not yours.
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