Hosea 1 — parallel

1:1

The word of the Lord which came to Osee the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, and Joatham, and Achaz, and Ezekias, kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joas, king of Israel.

This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son , king of Israel.

1:2

The beginning of the word of the Lord by Osee. And the Lord said to Osee, Go, take to thyself a wife of fornication, and children of fornication: for the land will surely go a-whoring in departing from the Lord.

When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”

1:3

So he went and took Gomer, daughter of Debelaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.

So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

1:4

And the Lord said to him, Call his name Jezrael; for yet a little [while], and I will avenge the blood of Jezrael on the house of Juda, and will make to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him , for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

1:5

And it shall be, in that day, [that] I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrael.

And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

1:6

And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said to him, Call her name, Unpitied: for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, but will surely set myself in array against them.

Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her , for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.

1:7

But I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and will save them by the Lord their God, and will not save them with bow, nor with sword, nor by war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.

Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”

1:8

And she weaned Unpitied; and she conceived again, and bore a son.

After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.

1:9

And he said, Call his name, Not my people: for ye are not my people, and I am not your [God].

And the LORD said, “Name him , for you are not My people, and I am not your God.