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1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, <em>and</em> Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
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The word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoash king of Israel:
2 The beginning of the word of the LORD with Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land shall give itself over to whoredom <em>by</em> departing from the LORD.
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When the LORD began to speak through Hosea, the LORD said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the LORD.”
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, who conceived and bore him a son.
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So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little <em>while</em>, and I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
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Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
5 And it shall come to pass in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
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In that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.”
6 And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And <em>God</em> said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will never again have mercy upon the house of Israel, but I will utterly forget them.
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Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them.
7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah and will save them in the LORD their God and will not save them by bow, by sword, by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
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Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the LORD their God, will save them.”
8 And after she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived and bore a son.
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After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, Gomer had another son.
9 Then said <em>God</em>, Call his name Loammi: for ye <em>are</em> not my people, and I will not be your <em>God</em>.
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Then the LORD said, “Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.
10 With all <em>this</em>, the number of the sons of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass <em>that</em> in the place where it was said unto them, Ye <em>are</em> not my people, <em>there</em> it shall be said unto them, <em>Ye are</em> the sons of the living God.
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“Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’
11 And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel shall be congregated together, and they shall raise up for themselves one head, and they shall rise up from the land: for the day of Jezreel <em>is</em> great.
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The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together; they will appoint one leader and will come up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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