The word of the LORD that came to aHosea the son of Beeri in the days of bUzziah, cJotham, dAhaz and eHezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of fJeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel.Rom 9:252 Chr 26:1-23; Is 1:1; Amos 1:12 Kin 15:5, 7, 32-38; 2 Chr 27:1-92 Kin 16:1-20; 2 Chr 28:1-27; Is 1:1; 7:1-17; Mic 1:12 Kin 18:1-20:21; 2 Chr 29:1-32:33; Mic 1:12 Kin 13:13; 14:23-29; Amos 1:1
2 When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to him, “aGo, take for yourself a 1wife of prostitution and have children of her prostitution; for bthe land commits great acts of prostitution by 2not following the LORD.”Some scholars interpret this to mean that Gomer was chaste at the time of the marriage, but later became an adulteress. As such, she symbolizes the future unfaithfulness of Israel.Lit forsaking.Hos 3:1Deut 31:16; Jer 3:1; Ezek 23:3-21; Hos 2:5; 5:3 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and abore him a son.Ezek 23:4 4 And the LORD said to him, “Name him aJezreel; for yet in a little while bI will avenge the blood that was shed in the Valley of Jezreel and inflict the punishment for it on the house of 1Jehu, and cI will put an end to the kingdom of the 2house of Israel. 2+@Kin 10:1-11Jehu murdered Ahab’s sons in order to seize the throne of Israel.I.e. Israel, the Northern Kingdom, which included ten of the original tribes of Israel. Samaria was the capital city.Hos 2:222 Kin 10:112 Kin 15:8-10 5 On that day I will abreak the bow of the military power of Israel in the bValley of Jezreel.”Jer 49:35; Ezek 39:3Josh 17:16; Judg 6:33
6 Then Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-Ruhamah , for I will no longer ahave mercy on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them.Hos 2:4 7 But I will have amercy on the house of Judah and will brescue them by the LORD their God, and will 1not rescue them by cbow, sword, war, horses, or horsemen.” Is 31:8; 37:33-35Isaiah also made this prophecy (Is 31:8, 9) and both he and Hosea lived to see its fulfillment (Is 37:36). See also 2 Kin 19:35-37.2 Kin 19:29-35; Is 30:18Jer 25:5, 6; Zech 9:9, 10Ps 44:3-7; Zech 4:6
8 Now when Gomer had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son. 9 And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-Ammi , for you are not My people and I am not your God.”