Hosea 1

¹The word of the Lord that came to Hosea , the son of Beeri , in the days of Uzziah , Jotham , Ahaz , and Hezekiah , kings of Judah , and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash , king of Israel .

²When the Lord first spoke through Hosea , the Lord said to Hosea , Go , take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom , for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.

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

⁴And the Lord said to him, Call his name Jezreel , for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel , and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel .

⁵And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel .

⁶She conceived again and bore a daughter . And the Lord said to him, Call her name No Mercy , for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel , to forgive them at all .

⁷But I will have mercy on the house of Judah , and I will save them by the Lord their God . I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen .

⁸When she had weaned No Mercy , she conceived and bore a son .

⁹And the Lord said , Call his name Not My People , for you are not my people , and I am not your God.

¹⁰Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea , which cannot be measured or numbered . And in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people , it shall be said to them, Children of the living God .

¹¹And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together , and they shall appoint for themselves one head . And they shall go up from the land , for great shall be the day of Jezreel .