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Hosea 1
1 The word of the LORD that came unto 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 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the
LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children
of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from
the LORD.
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which
conceived, and bare him a son.
4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for
yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the
house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of
Israel.
5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break
the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel.
6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God
said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy
upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will
save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by
sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and
bare a son.
9 Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my
people, and I will not be your God.
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the
sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall
come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not
my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the
living God.
11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of
Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they
shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
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