The book of Hosea Chapter 1. The word of the Lord that came to Hosea The son of birai in the days of Isaiah Jotham ahaz and Hezekiah Kings of Judah And in the days of jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel When the Lord began to speak by Hosea The Lord said to Hosea Go take yourself a wife of harlotry and Children of harletree For the land has committed great Hollatry by departing from the Lord So he went and took Gomer the daughter Of dibleyum And she conceived and bore him a son Then the Lord said to him Call his name Jezreel For in a little while I will avenge the Bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jihu and bring an end to the kingdom of The House of Israel It shall come to pass in that day the Die will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel And she conceived again and bore a Daughter Then God said to him Call her name Lo rouhama For I will no longer have mercy on the House of Israel but I will utterly take Them away Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah will save them by the Lord their
God And will not save them by Bow nor by Sword or battle by horses or Horsemen Now when she had weaned Lo rouhama she Conceived and bore a son Then God said Call his name Lo am I Or you are not my people and I will not Be your God Yet the number of the children of Israel Shall be as the sand of the sea which Cannot be measured or numbered And it shall come to pass in the place Where it was said to them you are not my People There it shall be said to them You are sons of the Living God Then the children of Judah and the Children of Israel shall be gathered Together And a point for themselves one head And they shall come up out of the land For great will be the day of Jezreel