The word of the Lord that came^a to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah,^b Jotham,^c Ahaz^d and Hezekiah,^e kings of Judah,^f and during the reign of Jeroboam^g son of Jehoash^a king of Israel:^h

Hosea’s Wife and Children

²When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuousⁱ woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness^j to the Lord.” ³So he married Gomer^k daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

⁴Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel,^l because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. ⁵In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.^m”

⁶Gomerⁿ conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”),^o for I will no longer show love to Israel,^p that I should at all forgive them. ⁷Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow,^q sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God,^r will save them.”

⁸After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah,^s Gomer had another son. ⁹Then the Lord said, “Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.^b^t

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Footnotes

aHebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash
bOr your I am

Cross references

aSee Jer 1:2
bSee 2 Ki 14:21
cSee 1 Ch 3:12
dSee 1 Ch 3:13
eSee 1 Ch 3:13
f Isa 1:1; Mic 1:1
gSee 2 Ki 13:13
h Am 1:1
iSee Jer 3:1; Hos 2:2, 5; 3:1
j Dt 31:16; Jer 3:14; Eze 23:3–21; Hos 5:3
kver 6
lver 11; See 1 Sa 29:1; 1 Ki 18:45; 2 Ki 10:1–14; Hos 2:22
mSee Jos 15:56; See 1 Sa 29:1; 2 Ki 15:29
nver 3
over 8; Hos 2:23
p Hos 2:4
qSee Ps 44:6
r Zec 4:6
sSee ver 6
tver 10; See Eze 11:19–20; 1 Pe 2:10