Hosea 1

Berean Standard Bible

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The word of the Lord came to the prophet Hosea during the reigns of several kings of Judah and Israel. The Lord instructed Hosea to marry a woman named Gomer, daughter of Diblaim, and have children with her. Gomer gave birth to a first son whom the Lord commanded to be named Jezreel, signifying the coming judgment upon the house of Jehu and the kingdom of Israel. Subsequently, Gomer bore a daughter named Lo-ruhamah, indicating the Lord's lack of compassion toward Israel, contrasted with His intention to save the house of Judah. Finally, Gomer gave birth to another son named Lo-ammi, because the people were declared not to be the Lord's people, though the text concludes with a prophecy of future restoration and unity for the people of Judah and Israel under one leader.

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¹This is 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 of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel. ²When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.” ³So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. ⁴Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. ⁵And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.” ⁶Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them. ⁷Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.” ⁸After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son. ⁹And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God. ¹⁰Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ ¹¹Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.

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