HO-1:1  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.

HO-1:2  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.

HO-1:3  So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which

conceived,

and bare him a son.

HO-1:4  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.

HO-1:5  And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break

the bow of

Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

HO-1:6  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.

HO-1:7  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.

HO-1:8  Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and

bare a son.

HO-1:9  Then said [God], Call his name Loammi: for ye [are] not

my people, and

I will not be your [God].

HO-1:10  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.

HO-1:11  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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