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The beginning of the word of the Lord by Osee. And the Lord said to Osee, Go, take to thyself a wife of fornication, and children of fornication: for the land will surely go a-whoring in departing from the Lord.
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The word of the Lord which came to Osee the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joas, king of Israel.
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The beginning of the word of the Lord by Osee. And the Lord said to Osee, Go, take to thyself a wife of fornication, and children of fornication: for the land will surely go a-whoring in departing from the Lord.
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So he went and took Gomer, daughter of Debelaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
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And the Lord said to him, Call his name Jezrael; for yet a little , and I will avenge the blood of Jezrael on the house of Juda, and will make to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
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And it shall be, in that day, I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrael.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.