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Hosea 1:3-9 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

3. So I married Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and we had a son.

4. Then the Lord said, “Hosea, name your son Jezreel, because I will soon punish the descendants of King Jehu of Israel for the murders he committed in Jezreel Valley. I will destroy his kingdom,

5. and in Jezreel Valley I will break the power of Israel.”

6. Later, Gomer had a daughter, and the Lord said, “Name her Lo-Ruhamah, because I will no longer have mercy and forgive Israel.

7. But I am the Lord God of Judah, and I will have mercy and save Judah by my own power—not by wars and arrows or swords and cavalry.”

8. After Gomer had stopped nursing Lo-Ruhamah, she had another son.

9. Then the Lord said, “Name him Lo-Ammi, because these people are not mine, and I am not their God.”

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