Hosea's Wife and Children

Hosea 1

1 The word of the LORD that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of a Uzziah, b Jotham, c Ahaz, and d Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of e Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

2 When the LORD began to speak by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea:
f "Go, take yourself a wife of harlotry
And children of harlotry,
For g the land has committed great 1 harlotry
By departing from 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:
"Call his name Jezreel,
For in a little while
h I will avenge the bloodshed of Jezreel on the house of Jehu,
i And bring an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 j It shall come to pass in that day
That I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel."

6 And she conceived again and bore a daughter. Then God said to him:
"Call her name 2 LoRuhamah, 3
k For I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel,
4 But I will utterly take them away. 4 7 l Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah,
Will save them by the LORD their God,
And m will not save them by bow,
Nor by sword or battle,
By horses or horsemen."

8 Now when she had weaned LoRuhamah, she conceived and bore a son. 9 Then God said:
"Call his name 6 LoAmmi, 7
For you are not My people,
And I will not be your God.

10 "Yet n the number of the children of Israel
Shall be as the sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered.
o And it shall come to pass
In the place where it was said to them,
'You are 8 not My p people,'
There it shall be said to them,
'You are q sons of the living God.' 11 r Then the children of Judah and the children of Israel
Shall be gathered together,
And appoint for themselves one head;
And they shall come up out of the land,
For great will be the day of Jezreel!

  1. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 26:1
    Now all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah.
    Isaiah 1:1
    The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
    Amos 1:1
    The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:5
    Then the LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper until the day of his death; so he dwelt in an isolated house. And Jotham the king's son was over the royal house, judging the people of the land.
    2 Kings 15:7
    So Azariah rested with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the City of David. Then Jotham his son reigned in his place.
    2 Kings 15:32 - 38
    In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, began to reign.
    2 Chronicles 27:1
    Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok.
    Micah 1:1
    The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 16:1 - 20
    In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, began to reign.
    2 Chronicles 28:1
    Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD, as his father David had done.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 18:1
    Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign.
    2 Kings 20:1
    In those days Hezekiah was sick and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, went to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Set your house in order, for you shall die, and not live.'
    2 Chronicles 29:1
    Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abijah the daughter of Zechariah.
    2 Chronicles 32:33
    So Hezekiah rested with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. Then Manasseh his son reigned in his place.
    Micah 1:1
    The word of the LORD that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem.
  5. Cross References
    2 Kings 13:13
    So Joash rested with his fathers. Then Jeroboam sat on his throne. And Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
    2 Kings 14:23 - 29
    In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years.
    Amos 1:1
    The words of Amos, who was among the sheepbreeders of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake.
  6. Cross References
    Hosea 3:1
    Then the LORD said to me, "Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just like the love of the LORD for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans.
  7. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:16
    And the LORD said to Moses: "Behold, you will r...
    Judges 2:17
    Yet they would not listen to their judges, but ...
    Psalms 73:27
    For indeed, those who are far from You shall pe...
    Jeremiah 2:13
    For My people have committed two evils: They ha...
    Ezekiel 16:1 - 59
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying.
    Ezekiel 23:1 - 49
    The word of the LORD came again to me, saying:
  8. Cross References
    2 Kings 10:11
    So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his close acquaintances and his priests, until he left him none remaining.
  9. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:8 - 10
    In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.
    2 Kings 17:6
    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
    2 Kings 17:23
    Until the LORD removed Israel out of His sight, as He had said by all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria, as it is to this day.
    2 Kings 18:11
    Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
  10. Cross References
    2 Kings 15:29
    In the days of Pekah king of Israel, TiglathPile'ser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maachah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria.
  11. Cross References
    2 Kings 17:6
    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
  12. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:29 - 35
    This shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself, And in the second year what springs from the same; Also in the third year sow and reap, Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
    Isaiah 30:18
    Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
    Isaiah 37:36
    Then the angel of the LORD went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses - all dead.
    Isaiah 37:37
    So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 44:3 - 7
    For they did not gain possession of the land by their own sword, Nor did their own arm save them; But it was Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your countenance, Because You favored them.
    Zechariah 4:6
    So he answered and said to me: "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' Says the LORD of hosts.
  14. Cross References
    Genesis 22:17
    Blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies.
    Genesis 32:12
    "For You said, 'I will surely treat you well, and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude."'
    Jeremiah 33:22
    'As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.'"
  15. Cross References
    1 Peter 2:10
    Who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.
  16. Cross References
    Romans 9:26
    "And it shall come to pass in the place where it was said to them, ' You are not My people,' There they shall be called sons of the living God."
  17. Cross References
    Isaiah 63:16
    Doubtless You are our Father, Though Abraham was ignorant of us, And Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; Our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
    Isaiah 64:8
    But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.
    John 1:12
    But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name:
  18. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:11 - 13
    It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea.
    Jeremiah 3:18
    In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given as an inheritance to your fathers.
    Jeremiah 50:4
    In those days and in that time," says the LORD, "The children of Israel shall come, They and the children of Judah together; With continual weeping they shall come, And seek the LORD their God.
    Ezekiel 34:23
    I will establish one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them - My servant David. He shall feed them and be their shepherd.
    Ezekiel 37:15 - 28
    Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying.
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