Hosea

1 The word of Yahweh which came unto Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah,—and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel.

2 The beginning of the word of Yahweh with Hosea was,—that Yahweh said unto Hosea, Go take thee a woman of unchastity and the children of unchastity, for unchastely indeed hath the land been going away from following Yahweh.

3 So he went and took Gomer daughter of Diblaim,—and she conceived and bare him a son.

4 Then said Yahweh unto him, Call his name Jezreël: for yet a little and I will visit the bloodshed of Jezreël upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

5 And it shall come to pass in that day that I will break the bow of Israel, in the vale of Jezreël.

6 Then conceived she again and bare a daughter, and he said to him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah [“Uncompassionated”],—for not again any more will I have compassion upon the house of Israel, that I should forgive them;

7 but on the house of Judah will I have compassion, and I will save them as Yahweh their God,—but will not save them by bow or by sword or by battle, by horses or by horsemen.

8 And when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah she conceived and bare a son.

9 Then said he, Call his name Lo-ammi [“No people of mine”],—for ye are Lo-ammi [“No people of mine”], and I will not be yours.

10 Yet shall the number of the sons of Israel become like the sand of the sea, which can neither be measured nor numbered,—and it shall come to pass in the place where it used to be said to them No people of mine are ye it shall be said to them Sons of a Living God!

11 Then shall the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel gather themselves together as one, and shall appoint them one head and come up out of the earth,—for great shall be the day of Jezreël.