The word
of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of
Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and
Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of
Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
02 The beginning of the word of the Lord by
Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto
thee a wife of whoredoms and children of
whoredoms: for the land hath committed great
whoredom, departing from the Lord.
03 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of
Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
04 And the Lord said unto him, Call his name
Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will
avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of
Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the
house of Israel.
05 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I
will break the bow of Israel, in the valley of
Jezreel.
06 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter.
And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah:
for I will no more have mercy upon the house of
Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
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07 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah,
and will save them by the Lord their God, and
will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by
battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
08 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she
conceived, and bare a son.
09 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye
are not my people, and I will not be your God.
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall
be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be
measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass,
that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye
are not my people, there it shall be said unto
them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
11 Then shall the children of Judah and the
children of Israel be gathered together, and
appoint themselves one head, and they shall come
up out of the land: for great shall be the day of
Jezreel.
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