Hosea’s Wife and Children
The word of Yahweh which came to aHosea the son of Beeri, in the days of bUzziah, cJotham, dAhaz, and eHezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of fJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2 When Yahweh first spoke through Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “aGo, take for yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for bthe land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking Yahweh.” 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and agave birth to a son for him. 4 And Yahweh said to him, “Name him aJezreel; for yet a little while, and bI will visit the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and cI will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease. 5 And it will be in that day, that I will abreak the bow of Israel in the bvalley of Jezreel.”
6 Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And Yahweh said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer ahave compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. 7 But I will have acompassion on the house of Judah and bsave them by Yahweh their God, and I will not save them by cbow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”
8 Then she weaned Lo-ruhamah. And she conceived and gave birth to a son. 9 And Yahweh said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.”
10 Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Will be like the asand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And it will be that bin the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are cnot My people,”
It will be said to them,
“You are the dsons of the living God.”
11 And the asons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be bgathered together,
And they will set for themselves cone head,
And they will go up from the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel.