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katapi HOME Hosea 1:1-2 - HOSEA. A prophet of the northern kingdom - Israel.  Hs.1.1

1 1 The word of the LORD that came to Hose'a the son of Be-e'ri, in the days of Uzzi'ah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezeki'ah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jerobo'am the son of Jo'ash, king of Israel. - Hosea's wife & children.  Hs.1.2-9

1 2 When the LORD first spoke through Hose'a, the LORD said to Hose'a, "Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry, for the land commits great harlotry by forsaking the LORD."