1 The word of the Lord which 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, the son of Joash, king of Israel.2 The start of the word of the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife of loose ways, and children of the same, for the land has been untrue to the Lord.3 So he took as his wife Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she gave birth to a son.4 And the Lord said to him, Give him the name of Jezreel, for after a little time I will send punishment for the blood of Jezreel on the line of Jehu, and put an end to the kingdom of Israel.5 And in that day I will let the bow of Israel be broken in the valley of Jezreel.6 And after that she gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said, Give her the name Lo-ruhamah; for I will not again have mercy on Israel, to give them forgiveness.7 But I will have mercy on Judah and will give them salvation by the Lord their God, but not by the bow or the sword or by fighting or by horses or horsemen.8 Now when Lo-ruhamah had been taken from the breast, the woman gave birth to a son.9 And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.10 But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God11 And the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together and take for themselves one head, and will go up from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.

1 Verbum Domini, quod factum est ad Osee, filium Beeri, in diebus Ozi, Joathan, Achaz, Ezechi, regum Juda ; et in diebus Jeroboam, filii Joas, regis Isral.2 Principium loquendi Domino in Osee. Et dixit Dominus ad Osee : Vade, sume tibi uxorem fornicationum, et fac tibi filios fornicationum, quia fornicans fornicabitur terra a Domino. 3 Et abiit, et accepit Gomer, filiam Debelaim : et concepit, et peperit ei filium. 4 Et dixit Dominus ad eum : Voca nomen ejus Jezrahel, quoniam adhuc modicum, et visitabo sanguinem Jezrahel super domum Jehu, et quiescere faciam regnum domus Isral. 5 Et in illa die conteram arcum Isral in valle Jezrahel. 6 Et concepit adhuc, et peperit filiam. Et dixit ei : Voca nomen ejus, Absque misericordia, quia non addam ultra misereri domui Isral, sed oblivione obliviscar eorum. 7 Et domui Juda miserebor, et salvabo eos in Domino Deo suo ; et non salvabo eos in arcu et gladio, et in bello, et in equis, et in equitibus. 8 Et ablactavit eam qu erat Absque misericordia. Et concepit, et peperit filium. 9 Et dixit : Voca nomen ejus, Non populus meus, quia vos non populus meus, et ego non ero vester. 10 Et erit numerus filiorum Isral quasi arena maris, qu sine mensura est, et non numerabitur. Et erit in loco ubi dicetur eis : Non populus meus vos : dicetur eis : Filii Dei viventis. 11 Et congregabuntur filii Juda et filii Isral pariter ; et ponent sibimet caput unum, et ascendent de terra, quia magnus dies Jezrahel.