Hosea 1:2-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

² When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “^(A)Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for ^(B)the land commits flagrant harlotry, ^[a]forsaking the Lord.” ³ So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and ^(C)bore him a son. ⁴ And the Lord said to him, “Name him ^(D)Jezreel; for yet a little while, and ^(E)I will ^[b]punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and ^(F)I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. ⁵ On that day 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 ^[c]the Lord said to him, “Name her ^[d]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)deliver them by the Lord their God, and will not deliver them by ^(L)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.”