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The word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] that came unto Hosea[H1954], the son[H1121] of Beeri[H882], in the days[H3117] of Uzziah[H5818], Jotham[H3147], Ahaz[H271], and Hezekiah[H3169], kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and in the days[H3117] of Jeroboam[H3379] the son[H1121] of Joash[H3101], king[H4428] of Israel[H3478].
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The beginning[H8462] of the word[H1696] of the LORD[H3068] by Hosea[H1954]. And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] to Hosea[H1954], Go[H3212], take[H3947] unto thee a wife[H802] of whoredoms[H2183] and children[H3206] of whoredoms[H2183]: for the land[H776] hath committed great[H2181]whoredom[H2181], departing from[H310] the LORD[H3068].
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So he went[H3212] and took[H3947]Gomer[H1586] the daughter[H1323] of Diblaim[H1691]; which conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] him a son[H1121].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto him, Call[H7121] his name[H8034]Jezreel[H3157]; for yet a little[H4592] while, and I will avenge[H6485] the blood[H1818] of Jezreel[H3157] upon the house[H1004] of Jehu[H3058], and will cause to cease[H7673] the kingdom[H4468] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].
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And it shall come to pass at that day[H3117], that I will break[H7665] the bow[H7198] of Israel[H3478] in the valley[H6010] of Jezreel[H3157].
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And she conceived again[H2029], and bare[H3205] a daughter[H1323]. And God said[H559] unto him, Call[H7121] her name[H8034]Loruhamah[H3819]: for I will no more[H3254] have mercy[H7355] upon the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]; but I will utterly[H5375] take them away[H5375].
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But I will have mercy[H7355] upon the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063], and will save[H3467] them by the LORD[H3068] their God[H430], and will not save[H3467] them by bow[H7198], nor by sword[H2719], nor by battle[H4421], by horses[H5483], nor by horsemen[H6571].
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Now when she had weaned[H1580]Loruhamah[H3819], she conceived[H2029], and bare[H3205] a son[H1121].
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Then said[H559] God, Call[H7121] his name[H8034]Loammi[H3818]: for ye are not my people[H5971], and I will not be your God.
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Yet the number[H4557] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] shall be as the sand[H2344] of the sea[H3220], which cannot be measured[H4058] nor numbered[H5608]; and it shall come to pass, that in the place[H4725] where it was said[H559] unto them, Ye are not my people[H5971], there it shall be said[H559] unto them, Ye are the sons[H1121] of the living[H2416]God[H410].
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Then shall the children[H1121] of Judah[H3063] and the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478] be gathered[H6908]together[H3162], and appoint[H7760] themselves one[H259]head[H7218], and they shall come up[H5927] out of the land[H776]: for great[H1419] shall be the day[H3117] of Jezreel[H3157].