Hosea 1

¹ The word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri,
in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah,
and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel.

² When the LORD first spoke through Hosea,
the LORD said to Hosea:
"Go, take for yourself a wife of promiscuity
and children of promiscuity,
for the land is utterly promiscuous,
turning from the LORD."

³ So he went and took Gomer daughter of Diblaim,
and she conceived and bore him a son.

⁴ And the LORD said to him:
"Call his name Jezreel,
for in a little while I will bring account
for the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu,
and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel."

⁵ "And on that day
I will break the bow of Israel
in the Valley of Jezreel."

⁶ She conceived again and bore a daughter,
and he said to him: "Call her name Lo-ruhamah,
for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel,
or ever forgive them."

⁷ "But on the house of Judah I will have compassion,
and I will save them by the LORD their God.
I will not save them by bow or by sword,
by battle, by horses, or by horsemen."

⁸ When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah,
she conceived and bore a son.

⁹ And he said: "Call his name Lo-ammi,
for you are not my people,
and I am not 'I Am' to you."

¹⁰ Yet the number of the children of Israel will be
like the sand of the sea,
which cannot be measured or counted.
And in the place where it was said to them,
"You are not my people,"
it will be said to them,
"Children of the living God."

¹¹ The children of Judah and the children of Israel
will be gathered together,
and they will appoint for themselves one head,
and they will go up from the land,
for great is the day of Jezreel.