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Hosea 1 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:1 - The word of the Lord which 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:2 - The start of the word of the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife of loose ways, and children of the same, for the land has been untrue to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:3 - So he took as his wife Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she gave birth to a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:4 - And the Lord said to him, Give him the name of Jezreel, for after a little time I will send punishment for the blood of Jezreel on the line of Jehu, and put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:5 - And in that day I will let the bow of Israel be broken in the valley of Jezreel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:6 - And after that she gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said, Give her the name Lo-ruhamah; for I will not again have mercy on Israel, to give them forgiveness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:7 - But I will have mercy on Judah and will give them salvation by the Lord their God, but not by the bow or the sword or by fighting or by horses or horsemen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:8 - Now when Lo-ruhamah had been taken from the breast, the woman gave birth to a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:9 - And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:10 - But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 1:11 - And the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together and take for themselves one head, and will go up from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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