Bible, King James Version
Hosea
Hos.1
[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.
[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.
[3] So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim;
which conceived, and bare him a son.
[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.
[5] And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will
break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
[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.
[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.
[8] Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and
bare a son.
[9] Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not
my people, and I will not be your God.
[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.
[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.
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