Hosea

Salvation, the son of Beeri, and author of the book of prophecies bearing his name. He belonged to the kingdom of Israel. “His Israelitish origin is attested by the peculiar, rough, Aramaizing diction, pointing to the northern part of Palestine; by the intimate acquaintance he evinces with the localities of Ephraim (5:1; 6:8, 9; 12:12; 14:6, etc.); by passages like 1:2, where the kingdom is styled ‘the land’, and 7:5, where the Israelitish king is designated as ‘our’ king.” The period of his ministry (extending to some sixty years) is indicated in the superscription (Hos. 1:1, 2). He is the only prophet of Israel who has left any written prophecy.

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Show passage in OET: HOS 1:1-9

OET-RV HOS 1:1

1 This is Yahweh’s message that came to Be’eri’s son Hoshea (Hosea) in the time of Kings Uziyah, Yotam (Jotham), Ahaz, and Hizkiyah (Hezekiah), of Yehudah (Judah), and was also during the reign of Yoash’s son King Yarov’am (Jeroboam) in Yisrael (Israel).

OET-RV HOS 1:2

2 When Yahweh first spoke through Hoshea (Hosea), he told him, “Go and get yourself a prostitute for a wife and have children from her, because the country is committing flagrant prostitution by forsaking Yahweh.”

OET-RV HOS 1:3

3 So he went and married Divlayim’s daughter Gomer, and she got pregnant and bore him a son.

OET-RV HOS 1:4

4 Then Yahweh told him, “Name him Yizre’el (Jezreel), because in a little while I’ll avenge the blood shed in the Yizre’el valley on Yehu’s (Jehu’s) family, and I’ll put an end to the kingdom of Yisrael (Israel).

OET-RV HOS 1:5

5 At that time in the Yizre’el valley, I’ll break Yisrael’s military power.”

OET-RV HOS 1:6

6 Then Gomer conceived again and bore a daughter, and Yahweh told Hoshea, “Name her Lo -Ruhamah (which means ‘No mercy’), because I’ll no longer have mercy on the Israelis, and I won’t forgive them at all.

OET-RV HOS 1:7

7 But I’ll have mercy on Yehudah’s (Judah’s) descendants, and I’ll save them so they’ll be able to see that it was their god Yahweh. (I won’t save them using bows, swords, battles, horses, or horsemen.)”

OET-RV HOS 1:8

8 After she’d weaned Lo -Ruhamah, she got pregnant again and bore a second son.

OET-RV HOS 1:9

9 Then Yahweh said, “Name him Lo -Ami (which means ‘Not my people’) because you’re not my people and I’m not your god.”

OET-LV HOS 1:1

1 The _message _of YHWH which it _came to Hōshēˊa the _son _of Bəʼērī in_the _days _of ˊUzziy^yāh Yōtām/(Jotham) ʼĀḩāz Ḩizqiy^yāh the _kings _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_in_the _days _of Yāroⱱˊām/(Jeroboam) the _son _of Yōʼāsh/(Joash) the _king _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

OET-LV HOS 1:2

2 The_beginning _of YHWH (of)_when_he _spoke by_Hōshēˊa and_ YHWH _he/it _said to Hōshēˊa go take to/for_yourself(m) a _wife _of prostitution(s) and_children _of prostitution(s) if/because continually _(prostitute _itself) the_earth/land it _prostitutes _itself from_after YHWH.

OET-LV HOS 1:3

3 And_he/it _went and_he/it _took DOM Gomer the _daughter _of Diⱱlayim and_she/it _conceived/became _pregnant and_she/it _gave _birth to_him/it a _son.

OET-LV HOS 1:4

4 And_ YHWH _he/it _said to_him/it call his/its_name Yizrəˊ^ʼēl/(Jezreel) if/because yet a _little and_I _will _visit DOM the _blood(s)_of Yizrəˊ^ʼēl/(Jezreel) on the _house _of Yēhūʼ/(Jehu) and_I _will _put _an _end _to the _kingdom _of the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

OET-LV HOS 1:5

5 And_it _was in _the_day (the)_that and_I _will _break DOM the _bow _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) in_the _valley _of Yizrəˊ^ʼēl/(Jezreel).

OET-LV HOS 1:6

6 And_she/it _conceived/became _pregnant again and_she/it _gave _birth a _daughter and_he/it _said to_him/it call his/its_name Lo- Ruḩāmāh if/because not I _will _repeat again I _will _have _compassion _on DOM the _house _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) if/because certainly _(forgive) I _will _forgive to/for_them.

OET-LV HOS 1:7

7 And_DOM the _house _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) I _will _have _compassion _on and_I_will _save _them by_YHWH god _of_their and_not I_will _save _them by_bow and_by_sword and_by_battle by_horses and_by_horsemen.

OET-LV HOS 1:8

8 And_she _weaned DOM Lo- Ruḩāmāh and_she/it _conceived/became _pregnant and_she/it _gave _birth a _son.

OET-LV HOS 1:9

9 And_he/it _said call his/its_name Lo- Ammi if/because you(pl) not people _of_are_my and_I not I _will _belong to_you(pl).

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Show passage in OET: HOS 1:1

OET-RV HOS 1:1

OET-LV HOS 1:1

Show passage in OET: HOS 1:2

OET-RV HOS 1:2

OET-LV HOS 1:2

Show passage in OET: ROM 9:25

OET-RV ROM 9:25

25 The prophet Hoshea (Hosea) even wrote:
⇔ “Those who aren’t my people
⇔ I will call ‘my people’,
⇔ and the woman who was never loved
⇔ is the one I’ll call ‘my love’.

OET-LV ROM 9:25

25 As also in the Hosea he _is _saying:
I _will _be _calling the not people of _me:
The_people of _me, and the woman not having _been _loved:
Having _been _loved.

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