Hosea 11HoseaHosea's marriageunfoldingWord® Literal Text

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1. Hosea’s Wife and Children

2. 1ULTThe word of Yahweh that was 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.BSBBSB: 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. 2ULTThe beginning of{ when} Yahweh spoke through Hosea. And Yahweh said to Hosea,“Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitutions and children of prostitutions, for prostituting, the land prostitutes{ itself} from after Yahweh.”BSBBSB: When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
4. 3ULTSo he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore a son to him.BSBBSB: So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
5. 4ULTAnd Yahweh said to him,“Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little{ while} and I will visit the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and I will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.BSBBSB: Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
6. 5ULTAnd it will be on that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”BSBBSB: And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
7. 6ULTAnd she conceived again and bore a daughter. And he said to him,“Call her name Lo Ruhamah, for I will not continue again to have compassion on the house of Israel, but carrying away, I will carry them away.BSBBSB: 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.
8. 7ULTBut the house of Judah I will have compassion on, and I will save them by Yahweh their God. And I will not save them by bow and by sword and by battle, by horses, and by horsemen.”BSBBSB: 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.”
9. 8ULTAnd she weaned Lo Ruhamah, and she conceived and bore a son.BSBBSB: After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.
10. 9ULTAnd he said,“Call his name Lo Ammi, for you{ are} not my people, and I{ am} not‘I am’ for you.”BSBBSB: And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
11. 10ULTAnd it will be{ that} the number of the sons of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured and cannot be counted. And it will be{ that} in the place where it was said to them,“You{ are} not my people,” it will be said to them,“Sons of the living God.”BSBBSB: 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.’
12. 11ULTAnd the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one head, and they will arise from the land, for great{ is} the day of Jezreel.BSBBSB: 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.