Hosea 1

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

2The beginning of the word of the Lord to Hosea. The Lord said to Hosea, 'Go, take to yourself a wife of fornication And children of fornication; For the land will surely go a-whoring By departing from the Lord.'

3So he went and took Gomer, daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

4Again the Lord said to him, 'Call his name Jezreel; For in a little while I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, And I will make to cease the kingship of the house of Israel.

5It shall be in that day That I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.'

6Then she conceived again and bore a daughter. So God said to him, 'Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, For I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, But will surely set Myself in array against them.

7But I will have mercy on the house of Judah And will save them by the Lord their God. I will not save them with bow, Nor with sword, nor by war, Nor by chariots, nor by horses or horsemen.'

8Now after she weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived again and bore a son.

9So the Lord said, 'Call his name Lo-Ammi, For you are not My people, And I am not your God.

10'Yet the number of the children of Israel Shall be as the sand of the sea, Which shall not be measured or numbered. Then it shall come to pass In the place where it was said to them, 'You are not My people,' Even then they shall be called The sons of the living God.

11The children of Judah and the children of Israel Shall be gathered together. They shall appoint themselves one head And come up out of the land; For great shall be the day of Jezreel.