1   The worde of the Lorde came vnto Osea the sonne of Beeri, ^note in the dayes of Ozea, Ioathan, Ahas, and Hezekias, kynges of Iuda, and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kyng of Israel.

2   When the Lord spake first vnto Osea, he sayd vnto hym: ^note Go, take vnto thee a wife of ^note fornications, and chyldren of fornications: for the lande hath committed great fornication [departing] from the Lorde.

3   So he went and toke Gomer the daughter of Deblaim: whiche conceaued and bare him a sonne.

4   And the Lorde sayde vnto hym, Call his name Iezrahel: for ^note I wyll shortlye auenge the blood of Iezrahel vpon the house of Iehu, and wyll bryng the kyngdome of the house of Israel to an ende. B   

5   And in that day wyll I also breake the bowe of Israel, in the valley of Iezrahel.

6   And she conceaued agayne, and bare a daughter: and [the Lorde] sayde vnto hym, Call her name Loruhamah [that is, not obtayning mercy] ^note for I wyll no more haue pitie vpon the house of Israel, but I wyll vtterly take them away.

7    ^noteYet I wyll haue mercy vpon the house of Iuda, and wil saue them, euen thorowe the Lorde their God: and wil not saue them by bowe, sworde, battell, horses, or horsemen.

8   Nowe when she had wayned Loruhamah, she conceaued againe, and bare a sonne.

9   Then sayd he, Call his name Loammi [that is, not my people]: for ye are not my people, therefore I wyll not be your [God.]

10   Yet the number of the chyldren of Israel

shalbe as the sand of the sea, which can neither be measured nor tolde: and in the place where it was sayde vnto them, ^note Ye are not my people: it shall be saide vnto them, ^note Ye are the chyldren of the liuing God.

11    ^noteThen shall the children of Iuda and the chyldren of Israel be gathered together, and appoynt them selues one head, and they shall come vp out of the lande: for great shalbe the day of Iezrahel.

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