Hosea 1:1–9

^*The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, ^ain the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of ^bJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. ^2*The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, ^cGo, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and ^dchildren of whoredoms: for ^ethe land hath committed great whoredom, departing ^ffrom the Lord. ³So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. ⁴And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and ^gI will ^†avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and ^hwill cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. ⁵And it shall come to pass at that day, that ⁱI will break the bow of Israel in ^kthe valley of Jezreel. ⁶And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And ^lGod said unto him, Call her name ^||Lo-ruhamah: for ^m†I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; ^||but I will utterly take them away. ⁷But ⁿI will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord their God, and ^owill not save them by bow, nor by sword, ^onor by battle, ^opby horses, nor by horsemen. ⁸Now when she had ^qweaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. ⁹Then said ^lGod, Call his name ^||Lo-ammi: ^rfor ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.