Hosea:1-4
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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 .
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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 .
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So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim ;
which conceived ,
and bare him a son .
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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 .
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And it shall come to pass at that day ,
that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel .
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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 .
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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 .
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Now when she had weaned Loruhamah ,
she conceived ,
and bare a son .
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Then said God ,
Call his name Loammi :
for ye are not my people ,
and I will not be your God .
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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 .
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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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Say ye unto your brethren ,
Ammi ;
and to your sisters ,
Ruhamah .
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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 ;
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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 .
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And I will not have mercy upon her children ;
for they be the children of whoredoms .
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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 .
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Therefore ,
behold ,
I will hedge up thy way with thorns ,
and make a wall ,
that she shall not find her paths .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers ,
and none shall deliver her out of mine hand .
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I will also cause all her mirth to cease ,
her feast days ,
her new moons ,
and her sabbaths ,
and all her solemn feasts .
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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 .
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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 .
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Therefore ,
behold ,
I will allure her ,
and bring her into the wilderness ,
and speak comfortably unto her .
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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 .
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And it shall be at that day ,
saith the LORD ,
that thou shalt call me Ishi ;
and shalt call me no more Baali .
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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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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 .
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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 .
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I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness :
and thou shalt know the LORD .
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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 ;
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And the earth shall hear the corn ,
and the wine ,
and the oil ;
and they shall hear Jezreel .
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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 .
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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 .
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So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver ,
and for an homer of barley ,
and an half homer of barley :
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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 .
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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 :
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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 .
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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 .
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By swearing ,
and lying ,
and killing ,
and stealing ,
and committing adultery ,
they break out ,
and blood toucheth blood .
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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 .
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Yet let no man strive ,
nor reprove another :
for thy people are as they that strive with the priest .
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Therefore shalt thou fall in the day ,
and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night ,
and I will destroy thy mother .
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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 .
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As they were increased ,
so they sinned against me :
therefore will I change their glory into shame .
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They eat up the sin of my people ,
and they set their heart on their iniquity .
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And there shall be ,
like people ,
like priest :
and I will punish them for their ways ,
and reward them their doings .
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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 .
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Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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Though thou ,
Israel ,
play the harlot ,
yet let not Judah offend ;
and come not ye unto Gilgal ,
neither go ye up to Bethaven ,
nor swear ,
The LORD liveth .
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For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer :
now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place .
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Ephraim is joined to idols :
let him alone .
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Their drink is sour :
they have committed whoredom continually :
her rulers with shame do love ,
Give ye .
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The wind hath bound her up in her wings ,
and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices .
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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 .
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