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Hosea's Wife and Children

¹ The word of the LORD that came to ^(C1)Hosea the son of Beeri in the days of ^(C2)Uzziah, ^(C3)Jotham, ^(C4)Ahaz and ^(C5)Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of ^(C6)Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel.

² When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to him, "^(C1)Go, take for yourself a ^(F1)wife of prostitution and have children of her prostitution; for ^(C2)the land commits great acts of prostitution by ^(F2)not following the LORD."³ So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and ^(C1)bore him a son.⁴ And the LORD said to him, "Name him ^(C1)Jezreel; for yet in a little while ^(C2)I will avenge the blood that was shed in the Valley of Jezreel and inflict the punishment for it on the house of ^(F1)Jehu, and ^(C3)I will put an end to the kingdom of the ^(F2)house of Israel. ^(VR1)5 "On that day I will ^(C1)break the bow of the military power of Israel in the ^(C2)Valley of Jezreel."

⁶ Then Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to Hosea, "Name her Lo-Ruhamah (not shown mercy), for I will no longer ^(C1)have mercy on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.⁷ "But I will have ^(C1)mercy on the house of Judah and will ^(C2)rescue them by the LORD their God, and will ^(F1)not rescue them by ^(C3)bow, sword, war, horses, or horsemen." ^(VR1)

⁸ Now when Gomer had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.⁹ And the LORD said, "Name him Lo-Ammi (not my people), for you are not My people and I am not your God."

¹⁰ Yet the number of the ^(F1)sons of Israel
Shall be like the ^(C1)sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And ^(C2)in the place
Where it is said to them,
"You are ^(C3)not My people,"
It will be said to them,
"You are the ^(C4)sons of the living God." ^(VR1)

¹¹ Then the ^(C1)sons of Judah and the sons of Israel shall be ^(C2)gathered together,
And they will appoint for themselves ^(C3)one leader,
And they will go up from the land,
For great and glorious will be the day of ^(F1)Jezreel. ^(VR1)