The Family of Hosea
2 When the Lord began to speak by Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea:
a“Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry
And children of harlotry,
For bthe land has committed great harlotry
By departing from the Lord.”
a“Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry
And children of harlotry,
For bthe land has committed great harlotry
By departing from the Lord.”
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 Then the Lord said to him:
“Call his name Jezreel,
For in a little while
aI will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu,
bAnd bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
“Call his name Jezreel,
For in a little while
aI will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu,
bAnd bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5 aIt shall come to pass in that day
That I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
That I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
6 And she conceived again and bore a daughter. Then God said to him:
“Call her name1 Lo-Ruhamah,
aFor I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,
1But I will utterly take them away.
“Call her name1 Lo-Ruhamah,
aFor I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,
1But I will utterly take them away.
7 aYet I will have mercy on the house of Judah,
Will save them by the Lord their God,
And bwill not save them by bow,
Nor by sword or battle,
By horses or horsemen.”
Will save them by the Lord their God,
And bwill not save them by bow,
Nor by sword or battle,
By horses or horsemen.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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