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The word of the LORDwhichcame to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
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When the LORDfirstspoke through Hosea, the LORDsaid to Hosea, "Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the landcommitsflagrantharlotry, forsaking* the LORD."
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And the LORDsaid to him, "Name* him Jezreel; for yet a littlewhile, and 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.
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Then she conceivedagain and gavebirth to a daughter. And the LORD said to him, "Name* her Lo-ruhamah, for I will nolonger*havecompassion on the house of Israel, that I would everforgive them.
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"But I will havecompassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the LORD their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen."
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Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Whichcannot be measured or numbered; And in the placeWhere it is said to them, "You are not My people," It will be said to them, "You are the sons of the livingGod."
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And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be gatheredtogether, And they will appoint for themselves oneleader, And they will go up from the land, For great will be the day of Jezreel.