Hosea 1

1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, *Isa. 1:1;Amos 1:1;Mic. 1:1in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of *2 Kgs. 14:23;15:1Jeroboam 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, *[ch. 3:1] "Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have *ch. 2:4children of whoredom, for *[ch. 2:5]; See Ezek. 16:15the 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 *[2 Kgs. 10:11] I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and *[Amos 7:9]I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And on that day *[2 Kgs. 15:29] I will break the bow of Israel *Josh. 17:16;Judg. 6:33in the Valley of Jezreel."

6 She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, *[ver. 9; ch. 2:1,23;Rom. 9:25;1 Pet. 2:10] "Call her name No Mercy,*1:6 Hebrew Lo-ruhama, which means she has not received mercy for *ch. 2:4;2 Kgs. 17:6,23I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. 7 But *[ch. 11:12;2 Kgs. 19:35] I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I *[ch. 2:18;Zech. 4:6;9:10]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, *ver. 4, 6"Call his name Not My People,*1:9 Hebrew Lo-ammi, which means not my people for *ch. 2:23;[Lev. 26:12]you are not my people, and I am not your God."*1:9 Hebrew I am not yours

10 * 1:10 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew Yet *[Ezek. 36:10,37] the number of the children of Israel shall be *Gen. 22:17;See Gen. 13:16like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. *Cited Rom. 9:26And *Isa. 62:4in the place where it was said to them, *[See ver. 9above] "You are not my people," it shall be said to them, *Deut. 14:1;[2 Cor. 6:18] "Children*1:10 Or Sons of *Ps. 42:2;See Josh. 3:10the living God." 11 And *Isa. 11:12,13;Jer. 3:18;50:4;Ezek. 34:23;Zech. 10:6;See Ezek. 37:16-24the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and *[ch. 3:5]they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.