1 The word of the LORD that came to 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.
2 The beginning of the LORD's speaking through Hosea. The LORD said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of harlotry and children of harlotry, for the land has gone utterly into harlotry, turning from following the LORD."
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
4 Then the LORD said to him, "Name him Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will visit the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and I will bring to an end the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5 On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel."
6 She conceived again and bore a daughter, and he said to him, "Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer show compassion to the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
7 Yet on the house of Judah I will have compassion, and I will save them by the LORD their God; not by bow will I save them, nor by sword or battle, nor by horses or horsemen."
8 Then she weaned Lo-ruhamah, and she conceived and bore a son.
9 And he said, "Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not my people, and I am not yours."
10 Yet the children of Israel will become as many as the sand of the sea, which no one can measure or count; and in the very place where it was said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "Sons of the living God."
11 Then the children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered as one; they will set over themselves a single head and will come up from the land, for the day of Jezreel will be great.