1The word of Yahweh that came to Hosea 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.
2When Yahweh first spoke through Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take yourself a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom, for the land commits great whoredom, turning away from Yahweh.”
3So he went and took Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4And Yahweh said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5And it will happen on that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
6And she conceived again and bore a daughter, and he said to him, “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
7But on the house of Judah I will have compassion, and I will save them by Yahweh their God; I will not save them by bow or by sword or by battle, by horses or by horsemen.”
8When she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived and bore a son.
9And he said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.”
10Yet the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted; and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “Children of the living God.”
11And the children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one head, and they will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.
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