Hosea

The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

Hosea’s Marriage and Children

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

Go and marry a promiscuous wife

and have children of promiscuity,

for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity

by abandoning the Lord.

³So he went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. ⁴Then the Lord said to him:

Name him Jezreel, for in a little while

I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel

on the house of Jehu

and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

⁵On that day I will break the bow of Israel

in the Valley of Jezreel.^[a]

⁶She 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.

⁷But I will have compassion on the house of Judah,

and I will deliver them by the Lord their God.

I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war,

or by horses and cavalry.

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

Name him Not My People,^[c]

for you are not My people,

and I will not be your God.^[d]

¹⁰^[e]Yet the number of the Israelites

will be like the sand of the sea,

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.

¹¹And the Judeans and the Israelites

will be gathered together.

They will appoint for themselves a single ruler

and go up from^[f] the land.

For the day of Jezreel will be great.

Footnotes

Hosea 1:5 = God sows
Hosea 1:6 Or Lo-ruhamah
Hosea 1:9 Or Lo-ammi
Hosea 1:9 Lit not be yours
Hosea 1:10 Hs 2:1 in Hb
Hosea 1:11 Or and flourish in; Hb obscure

Hosea’s Marriage and Children

Footnotes