1:1 The word of the LORD which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
1:2 When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife ①inclined to infidelity, and children of infidelity; for the land commits flagrant infidelity, ②abandoning the LORD.”
▷ ①Lit of infidelity; orfornication ②Lit away from
1:3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
1:4 And the LORD said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for in just a little while I will ①punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
▷ ①Lit visit the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu
1:5 On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
1:6 Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And ①the LORD said to him, “Name her ②Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer take pity on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.
▷ ①Lit He ②I.e., not having obtained mercy
1:7 But I will take pity on the house of Judah and save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”
1:8 When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.
1:9 And ①the LORD said, “Name him ②Lo-ammi, because you are not My people, and I am not ③your God.”
▷ ①Lit He ②I.e., not my people ③Lit yours
1:10 ①Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Will be like the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or counted;
And in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are not My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the sons of the living God.”
▷ ①Ch 2:1 in Heb
1:11 And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be gathered together,
And they will appoint for themselves one leader,
And they will go up from the land,
For the day of Jezreel will be great.