Hosea 1:1-3

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1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah,^(A) Jotham,^(B) Ahaz,^(C) and Hezekiah,^(D) kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam^(E) son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

Hosea’s Marriage and Children

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

Go and marry a woman of promiscuity,^(F)
and have children of promiscuity,
for the land is committing blatant acts of promiscuity
by abandoning the Lord.

³So he went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.^(G)

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