Hosea 1

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1} The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah,^(A) Jotham,^(B) Ahaz,^(C) and Hezekiah,^(D) kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam^(E) son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

Hosea’s Marriage and Children

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2} When the Lord first spoke to Hosea, He said this to him:

Go and marry a promiscuous wife^(F)
and have children of promiscuity,
for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity
by abandoning the Lord.

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3} So he went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.^(G) ^{Tools
4} Then the Lord said to him:

Name him Jezreel,^(H) for in a little while
I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel^(I)
on the house of Jehu^(J)
and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

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On that day I will break the bow of Israel^(K)
in the Valley of Jezreel.^(a)^(L)

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6} She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and the Lord said to him:

Name her No Compassion,^(b)
for I will no longer have compassion
on the house of Israel.
I will certainly take them away.

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But I will have compassion on the house of Judah,^(M)
and I will deliver them by the Lord their God.^(N)
I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war,
or by horses and cavalry.^(O)

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8} After Gomer had weaned No Compassion, she conceived and gave birth to a son. ^{Tools
9} Then the Lord said:

Name him Not My People,^(c)
for you are not My people,
and I will not be your God.^(d)^(P)

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^(e)Yet the number of the Israelites
will be like the sand of the sea,^(Q)
which cannot be measured or counted.
And in the place where they were told:
You are not My people,
they will be called: Sons of the living God.^(R)

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And the Judeans and the Israelites
will be gathered together.^(S)
They will appoint for themselves a single ruler^(T)
and go up from^(f) the land.
For the day of Jezreel^(U) will be great.

Footnotes:

a. Hosea 1:5: God sows

b. Hosea 1:6: Or Lo-ruhamah

c. Hosea 1:9: Or Lo-ammi

d. Hosea 1:9: Lit not be yours

e. Hosea 1:10: Hs 2:1 in Hb

f. Hosea 1:11: Or and flourish in; Hb obscure

Cross references:

A. Hosea 1:1: 2 Chronicles 26:1-23; Isaiah 1:1; Amos 1:1

B. Hosea 1:1: 2 Chronicles 27:1-9

C. Hosea 1:1: 2 Chronicles 28:1-27; Isaiah 1:1; Isaiah 7:1-17

D. Hosea 1:1: 2 Chronicles 29:1-32

E. Hosea 1:1: Amos 1:1

F. Hosea 1:2: Hosea 3:1

G. Hosea 1:3: Ezekiel 23:4

H. Hosea 1:4: Hosea 2:22

I. Hosea 1:4: 2 Kings 9:24

J. Hosea 1:4: 2 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 10:30; 2 Kings 15:10

K. Hosea 1:5: Genesis 49:24; Job 29:20; Jeremiah 49:35

L. Hosea 1:5: Joshua 17:16; Judges 6:33

M. Hosea 1:7: Isaiah 30:18

N. Hosea 1:7: Jeremiah 25:5-6

O. Hosea 1:7: Psalm 44:3-7

P. Hosea 1:9: Exodus 6:7; Leviticus 26:12; Jeremiah 7:23; Jeremiah 11:4; Jeremiah 30:22; Ezekiel 36:28

Q. Hosea 1:10: Genesis 22:17; Jeremiah 33:22

R. Hosea 1:10: Romans 9:25-27

S. Hosea 1:11: Jeremiah 23:5-6; Jeremiah 50:4-5; Ezekiel 37:18-25

T. Hosea 1:11: Jeremiah 30:21

U. Hosea 1:11: Ezekiel 36:9-11