¹The word of ¹Yahweh which came to ^aHosea the son of Beeri, in the days of ^bUzziah, ^cJotham, ^dAhaz, and ^eHezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of ^fJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

²When Yahweh first spoke through Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “^aGo, take for yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for ^bthe land commits flagrant harlotry, ¹forsaking Yahweh.”

³So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and ^agave birth to a son for him.

⁴And Yahweh said to him, “Name him ^aJezreel; for yet a little while, and ^bI will visit the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and ^cI will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

⁵“And it will be in that day, that I will ^abreak the bow of Israel in the ^bvalley of Jezreel.”

⁶Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And ¹Yahweh said to him, “Name her ²Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer ^ahave compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.

⁷“But I will have ^acompassion on the house of Judah and ^bsave them by Yahweh their God, and I will not save them by ^cbow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”

⁸Then she weaned Lo-ruhamah. And she conceived and gave birth to a son.

⁹And ¹Yahweh said, “Name him ²Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not ³your God.”

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Footnotes

1The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14–15
1Lit from not following after
1Lit He
2Lit she has not obtained compassion
1Lit He
2Lit not my people
3Lit yours

Cross references

a Rom 9:25
b 2 Chr 26:1–23; Is 1:1; Amos 1:1
c 2 Kin 15:5, 7, 32–38; 2 Chr 27:1–9
d 2 Kin 16:1–20; 2 Chr 28:1–27; Is 1:1; 7:1–17; Mic 1:1
e 2 Kin 18:1–20:21; 2 Chr 29:1–32:33; Mic 1:1
f 2 Kin 13:13; 14:23–29; Amos 1:1
a Hos 3:1
b Deut 31:16; Jer 3:1; Ezek 23:3–21; Hos 2:5; 5:3
a Ezek 23:4
a Hos 2:22
b 2 Kin 10:11
c 2 Kin 15:8–10
a Jer 49:35; Ezek 39:3
b Josh 17:16; Judg 6:33
a Hos 2:4
a 2 Kin 19:29–35; Is 30:18
b Jer 25:5, 6; Zech 9:9, 10
c Ps 44:3–7; Zech 4:6