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Hoshea - Hosea - Chapter 1
Chapter 1
| 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. |
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| 2. At the beginning of the Lord's speaking to Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea: Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry, for the land goes astray from following the Lord. |
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| 3. And he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. |
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| 4. And the Lord said to him: Name him Jezreel, for, in a short time, I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will terminate the kingdom of the house of Israel. |
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| 5. And it shall come to pass on that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel. |
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| 6. And she conceived again and bore a daughter, and He said to him: Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will not continue to grant clemency to the house of Israel, but I will mete out their portion to them. |
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| 7. But to the house of Judah will I grant clemency, and I will save them by the Lord their God, but I will not save them with the bow, with the sword, with war, with steeds, or with riders. |
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| 8. And she weaned Lo-ruhamah, and she conceived and bore a son. |
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| 9. And He said: Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I will not be yours. |
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