WEBVTT 00:01.660 --> 00:06.340 Hosea chapter 1 The word of the Lord that came unto Hosea, the son of Beorai, 00:06.760 --> 00:10.800 in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, 00:11.120 --> 00:14.260 and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel. 00:14.760 --> 00:16.960 The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. 00:17.240 --> 00:21.680 And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of Hordoms, 00:21.860 --> 00:23.040 and children of Hordoms. 00:23.260 --> 00:26.540 For the land hath committed great Hordom, departing from the Lord. 00:27.000 --> 00:31.400 So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, which conceived and bare him a 00:31.400 --> 00:31.660 son. 00:32.080 --> 00:36.300 And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while, 00:36.600 --> 00:40.640 and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to 00:40.640 --> 00:42.260 cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. 00:42.700 --> 00:47.120 And it shall come to pass at that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the 00:47.120 --> 00:48.020 valley of Jezreel. 00:48.260 --> 00:50.240 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. 00:50.540 --> 00:55.680 And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no more have mercy 00:55.680 --> 00:58.860 upon the house of Israel, but I will utterly take them away. 00:59.420 --> 01:03.080 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the Lord 01:03.080 --> 01:08.980 their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, 01:09.480 --> 01:10.380 nor by horsemen. 01:11.080 --> 01:14.640 Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived and bare a son. 01:15.280 --> 01:20.620 Then said God, Call his name Lo-Ammai, for ye are not my people, and I will not 01:20.620 --> 01:21.380 be your God. 01:21.920 --> 01:25.220 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, 01:25.540 --> 01:27.260 which cannot be measured nor numbered. 01:27.920 --> 01:31.800 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, 01:32.380 --> 01:37.380 Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the 01:37.380 --> 01:38.000 living God. 01:38.780 --> 01:42.620 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, 01:43.000 --> 01:46.940 and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land, 01:46.940 --> 01:49.300 for great shall be the day of Jezreel.