[[Daniel 12|<< Daniel 12]] | [[Hosea|Hosea]] | [[Hosea 2|Hosea 2 >>]] ### 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. ^1 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 has committed great whoredom, _departing_ from the LORD. ^2 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bore him a son. ^3 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. ^4 5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. ^5 6 ¶ And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And _God_ said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. ^6 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. ^7 8 ¶ Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son. ^8 9 Then said _God_, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye _are_ not my people, and I will not be your _God_. ^9 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. ^10 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. ^11