Hosea 1
1 The word of
the Lord which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, and
Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam
son of Joas, king of Israel.
2 The beginning of the word of the
Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take to thyself a wife of
fornication, and children of fornication: for the land will surely go
a-whoring in departing from the Lord.
3 So he went and took Gomer, daughter
of Debelaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
4 And the Lord said to him, Call his
name Jezrael; for yet a little while, and I will
avenge the blood of Jezrael on the house of Juda, and will make to cease the
kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And
it shall be, in that day, that I will break the bow
of Israel in the valley of Jezrael.
6 And she conceived again, and bore a
daughter. And he said to him, Call her name, Unpitied: for I will no more have
mercy on the house of Israel, but will surely set myself in array against
them. 7 But I will have mercy on the
house of Juda, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save
them with bow, nor with sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.
8 And she weaned Unpitied; and she
conceived again, and bore a son. 9 And
he said, Call his name, Not my people: for ye are not my people, and I am not
your God.