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1The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah and in the days of King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel.
2When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and have children of prostitution, for the land commits great prostitution by forsaking the Lord .”[#Jer 3.1, 12, 14; Hos 2.5; 3.1; 5.3]
3So he went and took Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel, for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.[#2 Kings 10.1–14; 15.10; #1.4 That is, God sows]
5On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”[#2 Kings 15.29]
6She conceived again and bore a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or forgive them.[#vv 3, 8 ; Hos 2.4; #1.6 That is, not pitied]
7But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God; I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”[#Isa 30.18; Jer 25.5, 6; Zech 9.9, 10]
8When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and bore a son.
9Then the Lord said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not my people, and I am not your God.”[#1.9 That is, not my people; #1.9 Heb I am not yours]
10Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered, and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”[#v 9 ; Gen 32.12; Isa 63.16; 64.8; Jer 33.22; Rom 9.25–27; #1.10 2.1 in Heb]
11The people of Judah and the people of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head, and they shall rise up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.[#Isa 11.12; Jer 23.5, 6; Ezek 37.21–24; Hos 3.5]