Hosea 1

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1. 1The word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel.
2. 2When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, he said to him, "Go, take a wife of whoredoms and have children of whoredoms, because the land has committed great whoredom by departing from the LORD."
3. 3So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and gave him a son.
4. 4The LORD told him, "Name him Jezreel, because very soon I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and I will bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel."
5. 5When that day comes, I will break Israel's bow in the valley of Jezreel.
6. 6She became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. He said to him, “Name her Lo-Ruhamah, because I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will completely take them away.”
7. 7But I will have mercy on the house of Judah and will save them by the LORD their God, not by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.
8. 8After Gomer had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she became pregnant again and gave birth to a son.
9. 9God said, "Name him Lo-Ammi, because you are not my people, and I will not be your God."
10. 10"Yet the day will come when the people of Israel will be as countless as the sand on the seashore — impossible to measure or number. In the very place where they were told, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'"
11. 11The people of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together and will appoint one leader for themselves. They will come up out of the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.