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¹ The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, ^(a)in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of ^(b)Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Hosea's Wife and Children

² When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, ^(c)"Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have ^(d)children of whoredom, for ^(e)the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord." ³ So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

⁴ And the Lord said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while ^(f)I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and ^(g)I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. ⁵ And on that day ^(h)I will break the bow of Israel ⁽ⁱ⁾in the Valley of Jezreel."

⁶ She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, ^(j)"Call her name No Mercy,^[a] for ^(k)I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. ⁷ But ^(l)I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I ^(m)will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen."

⁸ When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son. ⁹ And the Lord said, ⁽ⁿ⁾"Call his name Not My People,^[b] for ^(o)you are not my people, and I am not your God."^[c]

^10 [d] Yet ^(p)the number of the children of Israel shall be ^(q)like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. ^(r)And ^(s)in the place where it was said to them, ^(t)"You are not my people," it shall be said to them, ^(u)"Children^[e] of ^(v)the living God." ¹¹ And ^(w)the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and ^(x)they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.