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epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.1.4"><span class="xrfAlphabet">d</span></a> kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.1.5"><span class="xrfAlphabet">e</span></a> son of Jehoash, king of Israel.</p><h3 class="head1">Hosea’s Marriage and Children</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.1.2" /> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>When the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> first spoke to Hosea, he said this to him:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">Go and marry a woman of promiscuity,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.2.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and have children of promiscuity,</p><p class="poem">for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity</p><p class="poem">by abandoning the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.</p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.1.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So he went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.1.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Then the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> said to him:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">Name him Jezreel,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Hosea.1.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> for in a little while</p><p class="poem">I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.4.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">on the house of Jehu<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.4.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p><p class="poem">and put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.1.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>On that day I will break the bow of Israel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">in Jezreel Valley.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.1.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> said to him:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">Name her Lo-ruhamah,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Hosea.1.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">for I will no longer have compassion</p><p class="poem">on the house of Israel.</p><p class="poem">I will certainly take them away.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.1.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But I will have compassion on the house of Judah,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and I will deliver them by the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> their God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.7.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">I will not deliver them by bow, sword, or war,</p><p class="poem">or by horses and cavalry.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.7.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.1.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>After Gomer had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.1.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> said:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">Name him Lo-ammi,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Hosea.1.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">for you are not my people,</p><p class="poem">and I will not be your God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Hosea.1.9.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.1.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet the number of the Israelites</p><p class="poem">will be like the sand of the sea,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">which cannot be measured or counted.</p><p class="poem">And in the place where they were told:</p><p class="poem">You are not my people,</p><p class="poem">they will be called: Sons of the living God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.10.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Hosea.1.11" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And the Judeans and the Israelites</p><p class="poem">will be gathered together.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">They will appoint for themselves a single ruler<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.11.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">and go up from<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Hosea.1.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the land.</p><p class="poem">For the day of Jezreel<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Hosea.1.11.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a> will be great.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Hosea.1" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Hosea.1.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.4">1:4</a></span> = God Sows</aside><aside id="fn.Hosea.1.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.6">1:6</a></span> = No Compassion</aside><aside id="fn.Hosea.1.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.9">1:9</a></span> = Not My People</aside><aside id="fn.Hosea.1.9.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.9">1:9</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">not be yours</span></aside><aside id="fn.Hosea.1.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.11">1:11</a></span> Or <span class="italic">and flourish in</span> ; Hb obscure</aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Hosea.1" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.1">1:1</a></span> 2Ch 26:1–23; Is 1:1; Am 1:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.1">1:1</a></span> 2Kg 15:5; 2Ch 27:1–9</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.1.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.1">1:1</a></span> 2Kg 16:1–20; 2Ch 28:1–27; Is 1:1; 7:1–17; Mc 1:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.1.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.1">1:1</a></span> 2Kg 18:1–20:21; 2Ch 29:1–32:33; Mc 1:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.1.5"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.1">1:1</a></span> 2Kg 13:13; 14:23–29; Am 1:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.2">1:2</a></span> Hs 3:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.3">1:3</a></span> Ezk 23:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.4">1:4</a></span> Hs 2:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.4.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.4">1:4</a></span> 2Kg 9:24–10:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.4.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.4">1:4</a></span> 2Kg 9:7; 10:30; 15:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.5">1:5</a></span> Gn 49:24; Jb 29:20; Jr 49:35</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.5">1:5</a></span> Jos 17:16; Jdg 6:33</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.7">1:7</a></span> Is 30:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.7.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.7">1:7</a></span> Jr 25:5–6; Zch 9:9–10</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.7.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.7">1:7</a></span> Ps 44:3–7</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.9">1:9</a></span> Ex 6:7; Lv 26:12; Jr 7:23; 11:4; 30:22; Ezk 36:28</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.10">1:10</a></span> Gn 22:17; Jr 33:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.10.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.10">1:10</a></span> Rm 9:25–27</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.11">1:11</a></span> Jr 23:5–6; 50:4–5; Ezk 37:18–25; Hs 3:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.11.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.11">1:11</a></span> Jr 30:21; Hs 3:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Hosea.1.11.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Hosea.1.11">1:11</a></span> Ezk 36:9–11</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Hosea.1" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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