1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

<>The word of the LORD … came, <>son … son

2 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

<>The beginning of, <>wife, <>and children of whoredoms, <>children, <>whoredoms … whoredoms … whoredom

3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.

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4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

<>the LORD said … I will avenge, <>house … house

5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.

<>I will break the bow of Israel

6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

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7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.

<>vv. 6-7, <>I will have mercy, <>I … will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen., <>I … will not save them … by horses, <>will save them

8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

9 Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

<>children, <>the living God

11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

<>Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, <>be gathered together, <>one head

1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru-hamah.

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2 Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

<>v. 2, <>wife, <>husband, <>let her therefore put away her whoredoms, <>whoredoms, <>adulteries

3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

<>naked, <>was born, <>slay her with thirst

4 And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

<>v. 4

5 For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

<>vv. 5-6, <>harlot, <>she said … my lovers … give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink, <>bread

6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.

<>vv. 5-6, <>she shall not find her paths

7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

<>I will go and return to my first husband

8 For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

<>that I gave, <>I … multiplied her silver and gold, <>wine, and oil

9 Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.

<>in the season thereof, <>to cover her nakedness

10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.

<>now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, <>discover, <>lewdness

11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

<>I will also cause all her mirth to cease, <>her feast days, <>new moons, <>sabbaths, <>solemn feasts

12 And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

<>vines, <>trees

13 And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

<>incense

14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

<>I will … bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her.

15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

<>a door of hope, <>hope, <>her youth

16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali.

<>thou shalt call me Ishi

17 For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name.

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18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.

<>I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, <>will make them to lie down safely

19 And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

<>lovingkindness, <>in mercies

20 I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.

<>in faithfulness

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth;

<>vv. 21-22

22 And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel.

<>vv. 21-22

23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.

<>I will sow her unto me in the earth

1 Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.

<>love a woman … according to the love of the LORD, <>a woman beloved of her friend, <>an adulteress, <>the love of the LORD, <>the children of Israel … look to other gods, <>the children of Israel … love flagons of wine, <>children

2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley:

3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee.

<>harlot

4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim:

<>Israel

5 Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

<>Afterward shall the children of Israel return, <>seek the LORD, <>his goodness

1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

<>Hear the word of the LORD, <>children, <>the LORD hath a controversy, <>inhabitants, <>there is no … mercy … in the land, <>there is no … knowledge of God in the land, <>there is no truth … in the land

2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

<>vv. 2-3, <>swearing, <>lying, <>stealing, <>committing adultery, <>blood toucheth blood

3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

<>vv. 2-3, <>languish

4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

<>strive … strive

5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

<>My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge … thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, <>rejected knowledge

7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

<>As they were increased, so they sinned against me, <>I change their glory into shame.

8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

<>they set their heart on their iniquity

9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

<>they shall eat, and not have enough … because they have left off to take heed to the LORD, <>they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase, <>commit whoredom

11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

<>Whoredom … take away the heart.

12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

<>counsel, <>stocks, <>to err

13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

<>incense, <>because the shadow thereof is … good, <>daughters

14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

<>harlots

15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

<>offend, <>nor swear, The LORD liveth, <>The LORD liveth.

16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

<>lamb

17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

<>v. 17, <>joined to idols

18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

<>rulers

19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

<>hath bound

1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.

<>Hear ye … give ye ear, <>house … house

2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

<>revolters

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

<>Israel is not hid from me, <>committest whoredom

4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

<>turn unto their God

5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

<>They shall … seek the LORD; but they shall not find him, <>seek the LORD, <>he hath withdrawn himself from them

7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.

<>v. 7, <>dealt treacherously, <>children, <>now shall a month devour them

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin.

<>trumpet

9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

<>among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be

10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.

<>v. 10, <>my wrath

11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

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12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.

<>Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, <>a moth

13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

<>sickness, <>then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.

14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.

<>I, even I, will tear

15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.

<>I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, <>offence, <>in their affliction they will seek me early

1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

<>v. 1, <>return unto the LORD, <>the LORD … hath torn, <>he will heal us … he will bind us up

2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.

<>revive, <>in the third day he will raise us up, <>we shall live in his sight

3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.

<>follow on to know the LORD, <>the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning, <>he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain, <>he shall come unto us as the rain, <>rain … rain

4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.

<>the early dew it goeth away

5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth.

<>I hewed them by the prophets, <>hewed, <>I have slain them by the words of my mouth, <>thy judgments are as the light

6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

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7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.

<>transgressed, <>dealt treacherously

8 Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

<>city

9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

<>robbers wait for a man, <>robbers, <>the company of priests murder in the way by consent, <>murder, <>in the way, <>lewdness

10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

<>house, <>whoredom

11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.

<>harvest, <>I returned the captivity, <>the captivity of my people