Hos 1, Hos 10 | ESV | STEP | The word of the Lord 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 .

1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, ^ain the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of ^bJeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Hosea’s Wife and Children

2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, ^c“Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have ^dchildren of whoredom, for ^ethe land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.” 3 So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

4 And the Lord said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while ^fI will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and ^gI will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And on that day ^hI will break the bow of Israel ⁱin the Valley of Jezreel.”

6 She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, ^j“Call her name No Mercy, ^{▼▼Hebrew Lo-ruhama, which means she has not received mercy} for ^lI will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. 7 But ^mI will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I ⁿwill not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”

8 When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son. 9 And the Lord said, ^o“Call his name Not My People, ^{▼▼Hebrew Lo-ammi, which means not my people} for ^qyou are not my people, and I am not your God.” ^{▼▼Hebrew I am not yours}

10 ^{▼▼Ch 2:1 in Hebrew} Yet ^tthe number of the children of Israel shall be ^ulike the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. ^vAnd ^win the place where it was said to them, ^x“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, ^y“Children ^{▼▼Or Sons} of ^aathe living God.” 11 And ^abthe children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and ^acthey shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Hosea 10

1 ^adIsrael is a luxuriant vine
that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased,
^aethe more altars he built;
as his country improved,
he improved his pillars.
2 Their heart is false;
now they must bear their guilt.
The Lord ^{▼▼Hebrew He} will break down their altars
and destroy their pillars.
3 For now they will say:
^ag“We have no king,
for we do not fear the Lord;
and a king—what could he do for us?”
4 They utter ^ahmere words;
with empty oaths they make covenants;
so ^aijudgment springs up like poisonous weeds
^ajin the furrows of the field.
5 The inhabitants of Samaria tremble
for ^akthe calf ^{▼▼Or calves} of ^amBeth-aven.
Its people mourn for it, and so do its idolatrous priests—
those who rejoiced over it and ^anover its glory—
for it has departed ^{▼▼Or has gone into exile} from them.
6 ^apThe thing itself shall be carried to Assyria
as tribute to ^aqthe great king. ^{▼▼Or to King Jareb}
Ephraim shall be put to shame,
and Israel shall be ashamed ^asof his idol. ^{▼▼Or counsel}
7 ^auSamaria’s king shall perish
like a twig on the face of the waters.
8 The high places of ^avAven, ^awthe sin of Israel,
shall be destroyed.
^axThorn and thistle shall grow up
on their altars,
and ^aythey shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,”
and to the hills, “Fall on us.”
9 From ^azthe days of Gibeah, you have sinned, O Israel;
there they have continued.
Shall not the war against the unjust ^{▼▼Hebrew the children of injustice} overtake them in Gibeah?
10 ^bbWhen I please, ^bcI will discipline them,
and nations shall be gathered against them
when they are bound up for ^bdtheir double iniquity.
11 Ephraim was a trained calf
that ^beloved to thresh,
and I spared her fair neck;
but I will put ^bfEphraim to the yoke;
^bgJudah must plow;
Jacob must harrow for himself.
12 ^bhSow for yourselves righteousness;
reap steadfast love;
^bibreak up your fallow ground,
for it is the time to seek the Lord,
that he may come and ^bjrain righteousness upon you.
13 ^bkYou have plowed iniquity;
you have reaped injustice;
you have eaten the fruit of lies.
Because you have trusted in your own way
and in the multitude of your warriors,
14 therefore ^blthe tumult of war shall arise among your people,
and all your fortresses shall be destroyed,
as ^bmShalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle;
^bnmothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
15 Thus it shall be done to you, O ^boBethel,
because of your great evil.
At dawn ^bpthe king of Israel
shall be utterly cut off.