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.”