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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Hosea 1 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hosea/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/hosea/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Hosea 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../daniel/12.htm" title="Daniel 12">◄</a> Hosea 1 <a href="../hosea/2.htm" title="Hosea 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v28_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.1.1" class="v28_1_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.1.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> This is the message which the <span class="nd">Lord</span> gave Hosea son of Beeri during the time that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was king of Israel.</span></p><h3 class="s">Hosea's Wife and Children</h3><p class="par"><span class="v28_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.1.2" class="v28_1_2">2</span>When the <span class="nd">Lord</span> first spoke to Israel through Hosea, he said to Hosea, “Go and get married; your wife will be unfaithful, and your children will be just like her.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.1.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> In the same way my people have left me and become unfaithful.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v28_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.1.3" class="v28_1_3">3</span>So Hosea married a woman named Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. After the birth of their first child, a son, </span><span class="v28_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.1.4" class="v28_1_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.1.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Hosea, “Name him ‘Jezreel,’ because it will not be long before I punish the king of Israel for the murders that his ancestor Jehu committed at Jezreel.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.1.4!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> I am going to put an end to Jehu's dynasty.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.1.4!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v28_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.1.5" class="v28_1_5">5</span>And in Jezreel Valley I will at that time destroy Israel's military power.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v28_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.1.6" class="v28_1_6">6</span>Gomer had a second child—this time it was a daughter. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Hosea, “Name her ‘Unloved,’ because I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them. </span><span class="v28_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.1.7" class="v28_1_7">7</span>But to the people of Judah I will show love. I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span> their God, will save them, but I will not do it by war—with swords or bows and arrows or with horses and horsemen.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v28_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.1.8" class="v28_1_8">8</span>After Gomer had weaned her daughter, she became pregnant again and had another son. </span><span class="v28_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.1.9" class="v28_1_9">9</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Hosea, “Name him ‘Not-My-People,’ because the people of Israel are not my people, and I am not their God.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Israel Is to Be Restored</h3><p class="par"><span class="v28_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.1.10" class="v28_1_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.1.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The people of Israel will become like the sand of the sea, more than can be counted or measured. Now God says to them, “You are not my people,” but the day is coming when he will say to them, “You are the children of the living God!” </span><span class="v28_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.1.11" class="v28_1_11">11</span>The people of Judah and the people of Israel will be reunited. They will choose for themselves a single leader, and once again they will grow and prosper in their land. Yes, the day of Jezreel<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.1.11!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> will be a great day!</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.2: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">get married; your wife … her; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">marry a prostitute, and have children by her who will be just as bad as she is.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.4: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">Jezreel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">At this city Jehu assassinated the king of Israel and all the rest of the royal family, and became the first king of a new dynasty (see 2 K 9–10).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.4: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Jehu's dynasty; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the kingdom of Israel.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.11: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">Jezreel: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">This name in Hebrew means “God sows” and suggests growth and prosperity.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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