1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of aUzziah, bJotham, cAhaz, and dHezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of eJeroboam 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 gthe land has committed great 1harlotry

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

hI will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu,

iAnd bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

5 jIt 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 2Lo-Ruhamah,

kFor I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,

3But I will utterly take them away.

7 lYet I will have mercy on the house of Judah,

Will save them by the Lord their God,

And mwill 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 4Lo-Ammi,

For you are not My people,

And I will not be your God.

The Restoration of Israel

10 “Yet nthe number of the children of Israel

Shall be as the sand of the sea,

Which cannot be measured or numbered.

oAnd it shall come to pass

In the place where it was said to them,

‘You are 5not My ppeople,’

There it shall be said to them,

‘You are qsons of the living God.’

11 rThen 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!