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.”