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Hosea 1:3-9 English Standard Version (ESV)

3. So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

4. And the Lord said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

5. And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

6. She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, “Call her name No Mercy, for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all.

7. But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”

8. When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son.

9. And the Lord said, “Call his name Not My People, for you are not my people, and I am not your God.”