NOTES for Hos 1:1-10
1 The word of the LORD that 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 The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD. |
3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. |
4 And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. |
5 And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. |
6 And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. |
7 But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. |
8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. |
9 Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. |
10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. |
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The marriage of the prophet Hosea to a prostitute is a symbol of the relationship between God and unfaithful Israel, and the names of their children signify the consequences of falling away from God, the only source of life and love. When people turn away from God, by that very act they cease to be His people and close themselves off from His mercy and forgiveness. The only way out is to seek God again, and His righteousness and love. Then those who seek a living relationship with God once again become His sons and daughters.
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