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World English Bible

Hosea 1 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh’s word that came to 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] When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh.”
[3] So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
[4] Yahweh said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
[5] It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”
[6] She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.
[7] But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”
[8] Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.
[9] He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
[10] Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
[11] The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.

Hosea 1:1 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Hosea 1:6 Lo-Ruhamah means “not loved”.
Hosea 1:7 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
Hosea 1:9 Lo-Ammi means “not my people”.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Hosea 1 (KJVS)

[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 Lo-ruhamah: 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 Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
[9] Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: 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.

Hosea 1:4 Heb. visit
Hosea 1:6a That is, not having obtained mercy
Hosea 1:6b Heb. I will not add any more to
Hosea 1:6c Or, that I should altogether pardon them
Hosea 1:9 That is, not my people
Hosea 1:10 Or, instead of that

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Hosea 1 (BYZ)

[1] Λόγος () κυρίου, () ὃς () ἐγενήθη () πρὸς () Ωσηε () τὸν () τοῦ () Βεηρι ἐν () ἡμέραις () Οζιου () καὶ () Ιωαθαμ () καὶ () Αχαζ () καὶ () Εζεκιου () βασιλέων () Ιουδα καὶ () ἐν () ἡμέραις () Ιεροβοαμ υἱοῦ () Ιωας βασιλέως () Ισραηλ. ()
[2] Ἀρχὴ () λόγου () κυρίου () πρὸς () Ωσηε· () καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () Ωσηε () Βάδιζε λαβὲ () σεαυτῷ () γυναῖκα () πορνείας () καὶ () τέκνα () πορνείας, () διότι () ἐκπορνεύουσα () ἐκπορνεύσει () ἡ () γῆ () ἀπὸ () ὄπισθεν () τοῦ () κυρίου. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἐπορεύθη () καὶ () ἔλαβεν () τὴν () Γομερ θυγατέρα () Δεβηλαιμ, καὶ () συνέλαβεν () καὶ () ἔτεκεν () αὐτῷ () υἱόν. ()
[4] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρὸς () αὐτόν () Κάλεσον () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Ιεζραελ, διότι () ἔτι () μικρὸν καὶ () ἐκδικήσω () τὸ () αἷμα () τοῦ () Ιεζραελ ἐπὶ () τὸν () οἶκον () Ιου καὶ () καταπαύσω () βασιλείαν () οἴκου () Ισραηλ· ()
[5] καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () συντρίψω () τὸ () τόξον () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () ἐν () τῇ () κοιλάδι τοῦ () Ιεζραελ.—
[6] καὶ () συνέλαβεν () ἔτι () καὶ () ἔτεκεν () θυγατέρα. () Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Κάλεσον () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτῆς () Οὐκ ()-ἠλεημένη, () διότι () οὐ () μὴ () προσθήσω () ἔτι () ἐλεῆσαι () τὸν () οἶκον () τοῦ () Ισραηλ, () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () ἀντιτασσόμενος () ἀντιτάξομαι () αὐτοῖς. ()
[7] Τοὺς () δὲ () υἱοὺς () Ιουδα ἐλεήσω () καὶ () σώσω () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () κυρίῳ () θεῷ () αὐτῶν () καὶ () οὐ () σώσω () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τόξῳ () οὐδὲ () ἐν () ῥομφαίᾳ () οὐδὲ () ἐν () πολέμῳ () οὐδὲ () ἐν () ἅρμασιν () οὐδὲ () ἐν () ἵπποις () οὐδὲ () ἐν () ἱππεῦσιν. ()—
[8] καὶ () ἀπεγαλάκτισεν τὴν () Οὐκ ()-ἠλεημένην () καὶ () συνέλαβεν () ἔτι () καὶ () ἔτεκεν () υἱόν. ()
[9] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Κάλεσον () τὸ () ὄνομα () αὐτοῦ () Οὐ ()-λαός ()-μου, () διότι () ὑμεῖς () οὐ () λαός () μου, () καὶ () ἐγὼ () οὔκ () εἰμι () ὑμῶν. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἦν () ὁ () ἀριθμὸς () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ () ὡς () ἡ () ἄμμος () τῆς () θαλάσσης, () ἣ () οὐκ () ἐκμετρηθήσεται οὐδὲ () ἐξαριθμηθήσεται· καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῷ () τόπῳ, () οὗ () ἐρρέθη () αὐτοῖς () Οὐ () λαός () μου () ὑμεῖς, () ἐκεῖ () κληθήσονται () υἱοὶ () θεοῦ () ζῶντος. ()
[11] Καὶ () συναχθήσονται () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ιουδα καὶ () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ἐπὶ () τὸ () αὐτὸ () καὶ () θήσονται () ἑαυτοῖς () ἀρχὴν () μίαν () καὶ () ἀναβήσονται () ἐκ () τῆς () γῆς, () ὅτι () μεγάλη () ἡ () ἡμέρα () τοῦ () Ιεζραελ.

Hosea 1:10 Originally verse 2:1.
Hosea 1:11 Originally verse 2:2.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.