1. The Lord’s word that came to Hosea, Beeri’s son, in the days of Judah’s Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, and in the days of Israel’s King Jeroboam, Joash’s son.
2. When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to him,"Go, marry a prostitute and have children of prostitution, for the people of the land commit great prostitution by deserting the Lord."
3. So Hosea went and took Gomer, Diblaim’s daughter, and she became pregnant and bore him a son.
4. The Lord said to him, "Name him Jezreel; for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will destroy the kingdom of the house of Israel.