Hosea

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• The LORD gave these messages to Hosea son of Beeri during the years when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash* was king of Israel.1 - Hosea 1:1



• When the LORD first began speaking to Israel through Hosea, he said to him, "Go and marry a prostitute,* so some of her children will be born to you from other men. This will illustrate the way my people have been untrue to me, openly committing adultery against the LORD by worshiping other gods."2 - Hosea 1:2



• So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she became pregnant and gave Hosea a son. - Hosea 1:3



• Soon Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to Hosea, "Name your daughter Lo-ruhamah--`Not loved'--for I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them. - Hosea 1:6



• Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea, "Those who were not my people, I will now call my people. And I will love those whom I did not love before."*10 - Romans 9:25

^{New Living Translation Bible used with permission Tyndale House Publishers.}