Osea 1
Nuova Riveduta 1994
La famiglia di Osea, illustrazione della situazione d'Israele(A)
1 (B)Parola del Signore rivolta a *Osea, figlio di Beeri, al tempo di *Uzzia, di Iotam, di Acaz, di *Ezechia, re di *Giuda, e al tempo di Geroboamo, figlio di Ioas, re d'*Israele.
2 Il Signore cominciò a parlare a Osea e gli disse: «Va', prenditi in moglie una prostituta e genera figli di prostituzione; perché il paese si prostituisce, abbandonando il Signore».
3 Egli andò e prese Gomer, figlia di Diblaim; lei concepí, e gli partorí un figlio. 4 Il Signore gli disse: «Chiamalo Izreel[a], perché tra poco io punirò la casa di Ieu per il sangue versato a Izreel e porrò fine al regno della casa d'Israele. 5 Quel giorno avverrà che io spezzerò l'arco d'Israele nella valle di Izreel».
6 Lei concepí di nuovo e partorí una figlia. Il Signore disse a Osea: «Chiamala Lo-Ruama[b], perché io non avrò piú compassione della casa d'Israele in modo da perdonarla. 7 Ma avrò compassione della casa di Giuda; li salverò mediante il Signore, il loro Dio; non li salverò con l'arco, né con spada, né con la guerra, né con cavalli, né con cavalieri».
8 Quando lei ebbe divezzato Lo-Ruama, concepí e partorí un figlio. 9 Il Signore disse a Osea: «Chiamalo Lo-Ammi[c], perché voi non siete mio popolo e io non sarò per voi.
Castigo e ristabilimento d'Israele
10 (C)«Tuttavia, il numero dei figli d'*Israele sarà come la sabbia del mare, che non si può misurare né contare. Avverrà che invece di dir loro, come si diceva: “Voi non siete mio popolo”, sarà loro detto: “Siete figli del Dio vivente”[d]. 11 I figli di *Giuda e i figli d'Israele si raduneranno, si daranno un unico capo e marceranno fuori dal paese; perché sarà grande il giorno di Izreel.
Hosea 1
New King James Version
Hosea’s Unfaithful Wife
1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of (A)Uzziah, (B)Jotham, (C)Ahaz, and (D)Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of (E)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
The Family of Hosea
2 When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea:
(F)“Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry
And children of harlotry,
For (G)the land has committed great [a]harlotry
By departing from the Lord.”
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. 4 Then the Lord said to him:
“Call his name Jezreel,
For in a little while
(H)I will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu,
(I)And bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5 (J)It shall come to pass in that day
That I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
6 And she conceived again and bore a daughter. Then God said to him:
“Call her name [b]Lo-Ruhamah,
(K)For I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,
[c]But I will utterly take them away.
7 (L)Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah,
Will save them by the Lord their God,
And (M)will not save them by bow,
Nor by sword or battle,
By horses or horsemen.”
8 Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived and bore a son. 9 Then God said:
“Call his name [d]Lo-Ammi,
For you are not My people,
And I will not be your God.
The Restoration of Israel
10 “Yet (N)the number of the children of Israel
Shall be as the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered.
(O)And it shall come to pass
In the place where it was said to them,
‘You are [e]not My (P)people,’
There it shall be said to them,
‘You are (Q)sons of the living God.’
11 (R)Then the children of Judah and the children of Israel
Shall be gathered together,
And appoint for themselves one head;
And they shall come up out of the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel!
Hosea 1
English Standard Version
1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, (A)in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of (B)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Hosea's Wife and Children
2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, (C)“Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have (D)children of whoredom, for (E)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 (F)I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and (G)I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And on that day (H)I will break the bow of Israel (I)in the Valley of Jezreel.”
6 She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, (J)“Call her name No Mercy,[a] for (K)I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. 7 But (L)I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I (M)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, (N)“Call his name Not My People,[b] for (O)you are not my people, and I am not your God.”[c]
10 [d] Yet (P)the number of the children of Israel shall be (Q)like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. (R)And (S)in the place where it was said to them, (T)“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, (U)“Children[e] of (V)the living God.” 11 And (W)the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and (X)they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Footnotes
- Hosea 1:6 Hebrew Lo-ruhama, which means she has not received mercy
- Hosea 1:9 Hebrew Lo-ammi, which means not my people
- Hosea 1:9 Hebrew I am not yours
- Hosea 1:10 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
- Hosea 1:10 Or Sons
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