Hos 1:2 | HCSB | STEP | When the Lord first spoke to Hosea , He said this to him : Go and marry a promiscuous wife and have children of promiscuity , for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity by abandoning the Lord .

Hosea 1:2

2 When the Lord first spoke to Hosea, He said this to him:

Go and marry a promiscuous wife ^a
and have children of promiscuity,
for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity
by abandoning the Lord.