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.
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.
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
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.
5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [God] said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
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.
8 Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
9 Then said [God], Call his name Loammi: 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.
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.
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Chapter 1 of the Book of Hosea begins with an order given to Hosea by the Lord to marry an adulterous woman and had children with her, as a symbol of Israel's unfaithful relationship with God. It is then revealed that the children she gives to light are named by the Lord with symbolic names that represent God's judgment and punishment over Israel for their infidelity. Below are five verses from other Bible books that deal with topics similar to those addressed in Hosea 1:
Deuteronomy 31:16: "And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, you are to sleep with your parents; and this people will rise, and prostitute themselves with the strange gods of the earth, to whose half goes, and will leave me, and nullify me My concert I have done with him that day. " This verse shows how Israel's infidelity in relation to God was previously predicted in the Bible, and how the people ended up breaking the concert God had made with them.
Isaiah 1:2: "I heard, O heavens, and hear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: I raised children, and magnified them; but they rebelled against me." Here, Isaiah uses God's metaphor as a father who raised children who rebelled against him as a way of describing Israel's infidelity in relation to God.
Jeremiah 3:6-7: "The Lord said more in the time of King Josiah, Did you see what the rebel Israel did? that she did all this: it makes me. But she didn't come back. And she saw that her prevarication, and unfaithful Judah. " This verse shows how Israel's infidelity was continuous and persistent, despite God's warnings and appeals to repent and return to him.
Ezekiel 23:1-4: "The word of the Lord came to me, saying, Son of man, there were two women, daughters of a mother. And they prostituted themselves in Egypt; , and there the breasts of his virginity were beaten. And his names were: the oldest, Aolá; and his sister, ALIBÁ; And they were mine, and had children and daughters. And their names: the oldest, Aolá, and your sister, ALIBÁ. " This verse uses the metaphor of two sisters who prostituted themselves to describe the infidelity of Israel and Judah in relation to God.
Hosea 4:1-2: "I heard the Word of the Lord, children of Israel; for the Lord has a dispute with the inhabitants of the earth; for there is no truth, no kindness, no knowledge of God on earth. Lie, and murder, and theft, and adultery; they commit adultery, and blood touches in blood. " This verse continues the theme of Israel's infidelity in relation to God, showing how the lack of knowledge and truth on earth led to the spread of crimes such as perjury, lie, murder, theft and adultery.
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