Hosea 1
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Hos 1:1
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The word of the LORD which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz {and} Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Hos 1:2
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When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, "Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and {have} children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the LORD."
Hos 1:3
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So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
Hos 1:4
Hos 1:6
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Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to him, "Name her (I.e. she has not obtained compassion) Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.
Hos 1:7
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~"But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the LORD their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen."
Hos 1:8
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When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son.
Hos 1:9
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And the LORD said, "Name him (I.e. not my people) Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not your God."
Hos 1:10
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Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And in the place Where it is said to them, "You are not My people," It will be said to them, "{You are} the sons of the living God."
Hos 1:11
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