Hos 1:2, 2:4 | ESV | STEP | When the Lord first spoke through Hosea , the Lord said to Hosea , Go , take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have children of whoredom , for the land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord .

Hosea 1:2

Hosea’s Wife and Children

2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, ^a“Go, take to yourself a wife of whoredom and have ^bchildren of whoredom, for ^cthe land commits great whoredom by forsaking the Lord.”

Hosea 2:4

4 ^dUpon her children also I will have no mercy,
^ebecause they are children of whoredom.