Hosea

Hosea 1:1–9

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,a 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,b 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,c 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,d for you are not My people, and I am not your God.e

Footnotes

  • a 1:1 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash
  • b 1:4 Jezreel means God sows; also in verse 11.
  • c 1:6 Lo-ruhamah means she has not received mercy.
  • d 1:9 Lo-ammi means not My people.
  • e 1:9 Hebrew I am not yours

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Cross-references

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Hosea 1:1 Romans 9:25 · Micah 1:1 · Isaiah 1:1 · Amos 1:1 · 2 Peter 1:21 · 2 Chronicles 26:1–23 · 2 Kings 16:1–20 · 2 Kings 18:1–37

Hosea 1:2 Hosea 3:1 · Hosea 2:4–5 · Deuteronomy 31:16 · Psalm 106:39 · Revelation 17:1–2 · Revelation 17:5 · Ezekiel 6:9 · Exodus 34:15–16 · 2 Peter 2:14 · Ezekiel 23:1–49 · Jeremiah 3:9 · Ezekiel 16:1–63

Hosea 1:3 Isaiah 8:1–3

Hosea 1:4 2 Kings 10:10–11 · 2 Kings 10:7–8 · Jeremiah 3:8 · 2 Kings 17:6–23 · 2 Kings 9:24–25 · 2 Kings 10:29–31 · Hosea 1:6 · Hosea 1:9 · 2 Kings 18:9–12

Hosea 1:5 Joshua 17:16 · Judges 6:33 · Psalm 37:15 · Jeremiah 51:56

Hosea 1:6 1 Peter 2:10 · Hosea 2:23 · 2 Kings 17:6 · Isaiah 27:11 · Hosea 2:4

Hosea 1:7 Zechariah 4:6 · Isaiah 12:2 · 2 Kings 19:35 · Psalm 44:3–6 · Hosea 11:12 · Isaiah 7:14 · Zechariah 2:6–11 · Zechariah 9:9–10 · Jeremiah 23:5–6 · Titus 3:4–6 · Matthew 1:21–23

Hosea 1:9 Jeremiah 15:1

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.