Hosea 1:2-6
Hosea 1:2
When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife inclined to infidelity, and children of infidelity; for the land commits flagrant infidelity, abandoning the Lord.”
Hosea 1:3
So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.
Hosea 1:4
And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
Hosea 1:5
On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”
Hosea 1:6
Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer take pity on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.