Hosea 1

1 The Lord sent a message to Hosea son of Beeri at the time when Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam son of Jehoash was the king of Israel.

word LORD which to be to(wards) Hosea son: child Beeri in/on/with day Uzziah Jotham Ahaz Hezekiah king Judah and in/on/with day Jeroboam son: child Joash king Israel

2 The Lord began speaking through Hosea by telling him, “Go and take a wife who is a prostitute and have children born to a prostitute because those living in this land have committed terrible prostitution by turning away from the Lord.”

beginning to speak: speak LORD in/on/with Hosea and to say LORD to(wards) Hosea to go: went to take: marry to/for you woman: wife fornication and youth fornication for to fornicate to fornicate [the] land: country/planet from after LORD

3 So Hosea went and married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. She became pregnant and bore Hosea a son.

and to go: went and to take: marry [obj] Gomer daughter Diblaim and to conceive and to beget to/for him son: child

4 The Lord told Hosea, “Call him Jezreel, because I am going to punish the house of Jehu for the blood he shed at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

and to say LORD to(wards) him to call: call by name his Jezreel for still little and to reckon: punish [obj] blood Jezreel upon house: household Jehu and to cease kingdom house: household Israel

5 On that day I will break Israel's military power in the valley of Jezreel.”

and to be in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to break [obj] bow Israel in/on/with Valley (of Jezreel) (Valley of) Jezreel

6 Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. The Lord told Hosea, “Call her Lo-ruhamah, because I will no longer love the house of Israel and certainly not forgive them.

and to conceive still and to beget daughter and to say to/for him to call: call by name her No Mercy No Mercy for not to add: again still to have compassion [obj] house: household Israel for to lift: forgive to lift: forgive to/for them

7 But I will have pity on the house of Judah, and I will save them—but I will not save them by bow or sword or war or horses and riders.”

and [obj] house: household Judah to have compassion and to save them in/on/with LORD God their and not to save them in/on/with bow and in/on/with sword and in/on/with battle in/on/with horse and in/on/with horseman

8 After Gomer had weaned Lo-ruhamah she became pregnant again and gave birth to a son.

and to wean [obj] No Mercy No Mercy and to conceive and to beget son: child

9 The Lord told Hosea, “Call him Lo-ammi, because you are not my people and I am not your God.

and to say to call: call by name his Not My People Not My People for you(m. p.) not people my and I not to be to/for you

10 Even so the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand on the seashore that cannot be measured or counted. Then right there at the place where they were told ‘you are not my people’ they will be called ‘the children of the living God.’

and to be number son: descendant/people Israel like/as sand [the] sea which not to measure and not to recount and to be in/on/with place which to say to/for them not people my you(m. p.) to say to/for them son: descendant/people God alive

11 The people of Israel and the people of Judah will be gathered together and they will choose one leader for themselves and they will take possession of the land, and the day of Jezreel will be great.”

and to gather son: descendant/people Judah and son: descendant/people Israel together and to set: appoint to/for them head: leader one and to ascend: rise from [the] land: country/planet for great: large day Jezreel