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.
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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. |
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So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which
conceived, and bare him a son. |
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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. |
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5: And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the
bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. |
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6: And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said
unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon
the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. |
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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. |
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8: Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a
son. |
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9: Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my
people, and I will not be your God. |
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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. |
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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. |