Hosea 1:3-9
English Standard Version
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 (A)I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and (B)I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And on that day (C)I will break the bow of Israel (D)in the Valley of Jezreel.”
6 She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, (E)“Call her name No Mercy,[a] for (F)I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. 7 But (G)I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I (H)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, (I)“Call his name Not My People,[b] for (J)you are not my people, and I am not your God.”[c]
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