The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Hosea 01
1 Yahweh’s† word that 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.
2 When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea,
Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself
a wife of prostitution and children of
unfaithfulness; for the land commits great
adultery, forsaking Yahweh.”
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of
Diblaim; and she conceived, and
bore him a son.
4 Yahweh said to him, “Call his name
Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will
avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house
of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the
house of Israel to cease.
5 It will happen in that day that I will
break the bow of Israel in the valley of
Jezreel.”
6 She conceived again, and bore a daughter.
Then he said to him, “Call her name LoRuhamah,
‡ for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.
7 But I will have mercy on the house
of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh
their God,§ and will not save them by bow,
sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”
8 Now when she had weaned LoRuhamah,
she conceived, and bore a son.
9 He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi,† for
you are not my people, and I will not be
yours.
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel
will be as the sand of the sea, which
can’t be measured or counted; and it will
come to pass that, in the place where it was
said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they
will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
11 The children ofJudah and the children
of Israel will be gathered together, and
they will appoint themselves one head,
and will go up from the land; for great will
be the day of Jezreel.