Category Archives: Hosea

1 The word of theLordthat came unto 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 theLordspake at the first by Hosea, theLordsaid unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of […]

1 Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. 2 Plead with your mother, plead; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 3 lest I strip her naked, and set her […]

1 And theLordsaid unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved ofherfriend and an adulteress, even as theLordloveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins. 2 So I bought her to me for fifteenpiecesof silver, and an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: 3 […]

1 Hear the word of theLord, ye children of Israel: for theLordhath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood […]

1 Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, ye house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king, for unto you pertain the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker […]

1 Come, and let us return unto theLord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him. 3 And let us know, let […]

1 When I would heal Israel, then is the iniquity of Ephraim discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; for they commit falsehood: and the thief entereth in,andthe troop of robbers spoileth without. 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings beset them about; they […]

1 SETthe trumpet to thy mouth. As an eaglehe comethagainst the house of theLord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. 2 They shall cry unto me, My God, we Israel know thee. 3 Israel hath cast off that which is good: the enemy shall pursue him. 4 They have set […]

1 Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, like the peoples; for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved hire upon every cornfloor. 2 The threshing-floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail her. 3 They shall not dwell in theLord’S land; but Ephraim shall return […]

1 Israel is a luxuriant vine, which putteth forth his fruit: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath multiplied his altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly pillars. 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he shall smite their altars, he shall spoil their […]