Dual Panel1This is the word <01697> of the Lord <03068> which <0834> was revealed <01961> to <0413> Hosea <01954> son <01121> of Beeri <0882> during the time <03117> when Uzziah <05818>, Jotham <03147>, Ahaz <0271>, and Hezekiah <02396> ruled <04428> Judah <03063>, and during the time <03117> when Jeroboam <03379> son <01121> of Joash <03101> ruled <04428> Israel <03478>.
2When the Lord <03068> first <08462> spoke <01696> through Hosea <01954>, he <03068> said <0559> to <0413> him <01954>, “Go <01980> marry <03947> a prostitute <02183> <0802> who will bear illegitimate children <03206> conceived through prostitution <02183>, because <03588> the nation <0776> continually commits spiritual <02181> prostitution <02181> by turning away from the Lord <03068>.”
3So Hosea married <03947> Gomer <01586>, the daughter <01323> of Diblaim <01691>. Then she conceived <02029> and gave birth <03205> to a son <01121> for him.
4Then the Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Hosea, “Name <08034> <07121> him ‘Jezreel <03157>,’ because <03588> in a little <04592> while <05750> I will punish <06485> the dynasty <01004> of Jehu <03058> on account <05921> of the bloodshed <01818> in the valley of Jezreel <03157>, and I will put <07673> an end <07673> to the kingdom <04468> of Israel <03478>.
5At that time <03117>, I will destroy <07665> the military power <07198> of Israel <03478> in the valley <06010> of Jezreel <03157>.”
6She conceived <02029> again <05750> and gave birth <03205> to a daughter <01323>. Then the Lord said <0559> to him, “Name <08034> <07121> her ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah <03819>) because <03588> I will no <03808> longer <05750> <03254> have pity <07355> on the nation of Israel <03478>. For <03588> I will certainly not forgive <05375> <05375> their guilt.
7But I will have pity <07355> on the nation <01004> of Judah <03063>. I will deliver <03467> them by the Lord <03068> their God <0430>; I will not <03808> deliver <03467> them by the warrior’s bow <07198>, by sword <02719>, by military victory <04421>, by chariot horses <05483>, or by chariots <06571>.”
8When she had weaned <01580> ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah <03819>) she conceived <02029> again and gave birth <03205> to another son <01121>.
9Then the Lord said <0559>: “Name <08034> <07121> him ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi <03818>), because <03588> you <0859> are not <03808> my people <05971> and I <0595> am <01961> not <03808> your God.”
10However, in the future the number <04557> of the people <01121> of Israel <03478> will be like the sand <02344> of the sea <03220> which <0834> can be neither <03808> measured <04058> nor <03808> numbered <05608>. Although it was said <0559> to them <01992>, “You are not <03808> my people <05971>,” it will be said <0559> to them, “You <0859> are children <01121> of the living <02416> God <0410>!”
11Then the people <01121> of Judah <03063> and the people <01121> of Israel <03478> will be gathered <06908> together <03162>. They will appoint <07760> for themselves one <0259> leader <07218>, and will flourish <05927> in <04480> the land <0776>. Certainly <03588>, the day <03117> of Jezreel <03157> will be great <01419>!