1 The word of the 
Lord 
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   יְהוָ֞ה 
  
   yeh-ho-vaw' 
  
   from 'hayah' (1961); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord. 
  
   Compare 'Yahh' (3050), 'Yhovih' (3069). 
  
  
   [According to Dr. Nehemiah Gordon, a combination of the past, present and future tenses of the verb 
  
   "e'heyeh"- "I will be". 
  
   The third person forms: 
  
    - 
       "haya" - "He was" 
    
 
    - 
       "hoveh" - "He is" 
    
 
    - 
       "yi'hiyeh" - "He will be" 
    
 
  
   are combined into the name which the LORD calls himself 
  
   "יְהוָ֞ה - Yehovah" in 
Exodus 3:15] 
 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 
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   יְהוָ֞ה 
  
   yeh-ho-vaw' 
  
   from 'hayah' (1961); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord. 
  
   Compare 'Yahh' (3050), 'Yhovih' (3069). 
  
  
   [According to Dr. Nehemiah Gordon, a combination of the past, present and future tenses of the verb 
  
   "e'heyeh"- "I will be". 
  
   The third person forms: 
  
    - 
       "haya" - "He was" 
    
 
    - 
       "hoveh" - "He is" 
    
 
    - 
       "yi'hiyeh" - "He will be" 
    
 
  
   are combined into the name which the LORD calls himself 
  
   "יְהוָ֞ה - Yehovah" in 
Exodus 3:15] 
 by Hosea. And the 
Lord said 
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   אָמַר
  
   aw-mar' 
  
   a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet. 
 
 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. 
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   יְהוָ֞ה 
  
   yeh-ho-vaw' 
  
   from 'hayah' (1961); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord. 
  
   Compare 'Yahh' (3050), 'Yhovih' (3069). 
  
  
   [According to Dr. Nehemiah Gordon, a combination of the past, present and future tenses of the verb 
  
   "e'heyeh"- "I will be". 
  
   The third person forms: 
  
    - 
       "haya" - "He was" 
    
 
    - 
       "hoveh" - "He is" 
    
 
    - 
       "yi'hiyeh" - "He will be" 
    
 
  
   are combined into the name which the LORD calls himself 
  
   "יְהוָ֞ה - Yehovah" in 
Exodus 3:15] 
  
         
        
           3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. 
        
        
           4 And the 
Lord said 
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   אָמַר
  
   aw-mar' 
  
   a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet. 
 
 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 
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   אָמַר
  
   aw-mar' 
  
   a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet. 
 
 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 
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   יְהוָ֞ה 
  
   yeh-ho-vaw' 
  
   from 'hayah' (1961); (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God:--Jehovah, the Lord. 
  
   Compare 'Yahh' (3050), 'Yhovih' (3069). 
  
  
   [According to Dr. Nehemiah Gordon, a combination of the past, present and future tenses of the verb 
  
   "e'heyeh"- "I will be". 
  
   The third person forms: 
  
    - 
       "haya" - "He was" 
    
 
    - 
       "hoveh" - "He is" 
    
 
    - 
       "yi'hiyeh" - "He will be" 
    
 
  
   are combined into the name which the LORD calls himself 
  
   "יְהוָ֞ה - Yehovah" in 
Exodus 3:15] 
 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 
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   אָמַר
  
   aw-mar' 
  
   a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet. 
 
 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 
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   אָמַר
  
   aw-mar' 
  
   a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet. 
 
 unto them, ye are not my people, there it shall be 
said 
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   אָמַר
  
   aw-mar' 
  
   a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):--answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet. 
 
 unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 
             
         
        
           11 Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.