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Hosea 1

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Hosea 1 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

The LORD’s word 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.

ASV: 1ASV

The word of Jehovah that came unto 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.

WEB: 2WEB

When the LORD spoke at first by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking the LORD.”

ASV: 2ASV

When Jehovah spake at the first by Hosea, Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom; for the land doth commit great whoredom, departing from Jehovah.

WEB: 3WEB

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

ASV: 3ASV

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

WEB: 4WEB

The LORD said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

ASV: 4ASV

And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

WEB: 5WEB

It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

ASV: 5ASV

And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

WEB: 6WEB

She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.

ASV: 6ASV

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And Jehovah said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them.

WEB: 7WEB

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

ASV: 7ASV

But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

WEB: 8WEB

Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.

ASV: 8ASV

Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

WEB: 9WEB

He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

ASV: 9ASV

And Jehovah said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

WEB: 10WEB

Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

ASV: 10ASV

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

WEB: 11WEB

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

ASV: 11ASV

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