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Hosea 1:3 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son. "

Hosea 1:3

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1 The LORD’s word that 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.

2 When the LORD spoke at first by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking the LORD.”

3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.

4 The LORD said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

5 It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”

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Gomer, wife of Hosea

  • Hosea Hosea is the husband of Gomer.
    Source: Hosea 1:2; Hosea 1:3
    When the LORD spoke at first by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking the LORD.”
    Read Hosea 1:2
    So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
    Read Hosea 1:3
  • Jezreel, son of Hosea Gomer is the mother of Jezreel.
    Source: Hosea 1:3; Hosea 1:4
    So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
    Read Hosea 1:3
    The LORD said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.
    Read Hosea 1:4
  • Lo-ruhamah Gomer is the mother of Lo-ruhamah.
    Source: Hosea 1:3; Hosea 1:6
    So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
    Read Hosea 1:3
    She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.
    Read Hosea 1:6
  • Lo-ammi Gomer is the mother of Lo-ammi.
    Source: Hosea 1:3; Hosea 1:8; Hosea 1:9
    So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.
    Read Hosea 1:3
    Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.
    Read Hosea 1:8
    He said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
    Read Hosea 1:9

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Hosea 1:1

"The LORD’s word that 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."

Hosea 1:2

"When the LORD spoke at first by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking the LORD.”"

Hosea 1:4

"The LORD said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease."

Hosea 1:5

"It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.”"

Hosea 1:6

"She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them."

Hosea 1:7

"But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”"

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