1:1 The
word
of
the
LORD
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.
1:2 When
the
LORD
first
spoke
through
Hosea,
the
LORD
said
to
Hosea,
"Go,
take
to
yourself
a
wife
of
whoredom
and
have
children
of
whoredom,
for
the
land
commits
great
whoredom
by
forsaking
the
LORD."
1:3 So
he
went
and
took
Gomer,
the
daughter
of
Diblaim,
and
she
conceived
and
bore
him
a
son.
1:4 And
the
LORD
said
to
him,
"Call
his
name
Jezreel,
for
in
just
a
little
while
I
will
punish
the
house
of
Jehu
for
the
blood
of
Jezreel,
and
I
will
put
an
end
to
the
kingdom
of
the
house
of
Israel.
1:5 And
on
that
day
I
will
break
the
bow
of
Israel
in
the
Valley
of
Jezreel."
1:6 She
conceived
again
and
bore
a
daughter.
And
the
LORD
said
to
him,
"Call
her
name
No
Mercy,
for
I
will
no
more
have
mercy
on
the
house
of
Israel,
to
forgive
them
at
all.
1:7 But
I
will
have
mercy
on
the
house
of
Judah,
and
I
will
save
them
by
the
LORD
their
God.
I
will
not
save
them
by
bow
or
by
sword
or
by
war
or
by
horses
or
by
horsemen."
1:8 When
she
had
weaned
No
Mercy,
she
conceived
and
bore
a
son.
1:9 And
the
LORD
said,
"Call
his
name
Not
My
People,
for
you
are
not
my
people,
and
I
am
not
your
God."
1:10 Yet
the
number
of
the
children
of
Israel
shall
be
like
the
sand
of
the
sea,
which
cannot
be
measured
or
numbered.
And
in
the
place
where
it
was
said
to
them,
"You
are
not
my
people,"
it
shall
be
said
to
them,
"Children
of
the
living
God."
1:11 And
the
children
of
Judah
and
the
children
of
Israel
shall
be
gathered
together,
and
they
shall
appoint
for
themselves
one
head.
And
they
shall
go
up
from
the
land,
for
great
shall
be
the
day
of
Jezreel.