Hosea 1:4-11
4 Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Call him Jezreel, because I will soon punish the house
of Jehu for the massacre at Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. 5 In
that day I will break Israel’s bow in the Valley of Jezreel.” 6 Gomer conceived again and
gave birth to a daughter. Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which
means “not loved”), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive
them. 7 Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow, sword or battle,
or by horses and horsemen, but I, the LORD their God, will save them.” 8 After she had
weaned Lo-Ruhamah, Gomer had another son. 9 Then the LORD said, “Call him Lo-
Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your
God. 10 Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be
measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’
they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ 11 The people of Judah and the people of
Israel will come together; they will appoint one leader and will come up out of the land,
for great will be the day of Jezreel.”