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Hosea 1

1 The word of the Lord that came to 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.

Hosea’s Wife and Children

2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, ^c“Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have ^dchildren of whoredom, for ^ethe land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.” 3 So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

4 And the Lord said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while ^fI will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and ^gI will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And on that day ^hI will break the bow of Israel ⁱin the Valley of Jezreel.”

6 She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, ^j“Call her name No Mercy, ^{▼

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Hebrew Lo-ruhama, which means she has not received mercy} for ^lI will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. 7 But ^mI will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I ⁿwill not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”

8 When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son. 9 And the Lord said, ^o“Call his name Not My People, ^{▼

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Hebrew Lo-ammi, which means not my people} for ^qyou are not my people, and I am not your God.” ^{▼

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Hebrew I am not yours}

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Ch 2:1 in Hebrew} Yet ^tthe number of the children of Israel shall be ^ulike the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. ^vAnd ^win the place where it was said to them, ^x“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, ^y“Children ^{▼

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Or Sons} of ^aathe living God.” 11 And ^abthe children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and ^acthey shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.