1 The word of the Lord, that came to Osee the son of Beeri, in the days of Ozias, Joathan, Achaz, and Ezechias kings of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joas king of Israel. 2 The beginning of the Lord’s speaking by Osse: and the Lord said to Osee: Go, take thee a wife of fornications, and have of her children of fornications: for the land by fornication shall depart from the Lord. 3 So he went, and took Gomer the daughter of Debelaim: and she conceived and bore him a son. 4 And the Lord said to him: Call his name Jezrahel: for yet a little while, and I will visit the blood of Jezrahel upon the house of Jehu, and I will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. 5 And in that day I will break in pieces the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezrahel. 6 And she conceived again, and bore a daughter, and he said to him: Call her name, Without mercy: for I will not add any more to have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will utterly forget them. 7 And I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and I will save them by the Lord their God: and I will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, nor by horses, nor by horsemen. 8 And she weaned her that was called Without mercy. And she conceived, and bore a son. 9 And he said: Call his name, Not my people: for you are not my people, and I will not be yours. 10 And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 And the children of Juda, and the children of Israel shall be gathered together: and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall come up out of the land: for great is the day of Jezrahel.
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The daughter of Diblaim whom Hosea married; she bore him a son and later bore a daughter and another son.
Cited in the guide: Hosea 1:3; Hosea 1:6; Hosea 1:8
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- 1 Romans 9:25; Isaiah 1:1; Micah 1:1; Amos 1:1; 2 Peter 1:21
- 2 Hosea 2:4–5; Hosea 3:1; Deuteronomy 31:16; Psalm 106:39; Jeremiah 3:9
- 3 Isaiah 8:1–3
- 4 2 Kings 10:10–11; 2 Kings 10:7–8; Jeremiah 3:8; 2 Kings 10:29–31; Hosea 1:6
- 5 Judges 6:33; Joshua 17:16; Jeremiah 51:56; Psalm 37:15; Psalm 46:9
- 6 1 Peter 2:10; Hosea 2:23; Isaiah 27:11; 2 Kings 17:6; Hosea 2:4
- 7 Zechariah 4:6; Isaiah 12:2; 2 Kings 19:35; Psalm 44:3–6; Hosea 11:12
- 9 Jeremiah 15:1
- 10 2 Corinthians 6:18; Galatians 4:6–7; John 1:12; Romans 9:25–28; 1 Peter 2:9–10
- 11 Hosea 3:5; Isaiah 11:12–13; Jeremiah 50:4–5; Jeremiah 31:33; Jeremiah 23:5–8
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For this reason did Hosea the prophet take "a wife of whoredoms," prophesying by means of the action, "that in committing fornication the earth should fornicate from the Lord," that is, the men who are upon the earth; and from men of this stamp it will be God's good pleasure to take out a Church which shall be sanctified by …
At the beginning of the book of the prophet Hosea, who is placed first of twelve, it is written, "The word of the Lord which came to Hosea in the days of Uzziah, Jothan, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah." Amos also writes that he prophesied in the days of Uzziah, and adds the name of Jeroboam king of Israel, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
He says, "And it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there they shall be called the sons of the living God." Even the apostles understood this as a prophetic testimony of the calling of the nations who did not formerly belong to God; and because this same …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… children of Abraham, and for that reason is rightly called Israel, therefore he goes on to say, "And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together in one, and shall appoint themselves one headship, and shall ascend from the earth." We should but weaken the savor of this prophetic oracle if we set ourselves to …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)