Hosea’s Wife and Children 1 Brenton 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. BSB BSB: This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel. 3 Brenton So he went and took Gomer, daughter of Debelaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son. BSB BSB: So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
5 Brenton And it shall be, in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrael. BSB BSB: And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
6 Brenton And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said to him, Call her name, Unpitied: for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, but will surely set myself in array against them. BSB BSB: Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
7 Brenton But I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them with bow, nor with sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen. BSB BSB: Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
8 Brenton And she weaned Unpitied; and she conceived again, and bore a son. BSB BSB: After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.
9 Brenton And he said, Call his name, Not my people: for ye are not my people, and I am not your God . BSB BSB: And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
10 Brenton Yet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God. BSB BSB: Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
11 Brenton And the children of Juda shall be gathered, and the children of Israel together, and shall appoint themselves one head, and shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezrael. BSB BSB: Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.