(KJV) Hosea 11

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⥃Hosea’s Wife and Children

[1] The word2 of the Lord that came unto Hosea3, the son of Beeri, in4 the days of Uzziah5, Jotham, Ahaz, [and] Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. [2] The beginning6 of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go7, take unto thee a wife8 of whoredoms and children9 of whoredoms: for10 the land hath committed great whoredom, [departing] from the Lord. [3] So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.11 [4] And the Lord said unto him, Call12 his name Jezreel13; for yet a little [while], and I14 will avenge15 the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause16 to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. [5] And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will17 break the bow of Israel in18 the valley of Jezreel.

[6] [¶]And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And [God] said unto him, Call her name Lo–ruhamah19: for20 I will no more have21 mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. [7] But I will22 have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save23 them by the Lord their God, and will not save them by bow24, 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 [God], Call his name Lo–ammi25: for ye [are] not my people, and I will not be your [God].

[10] [¶]Yet the number26 of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it27 shall come to pass, [that] in the28 place where it was said29 unto them, Ye [are] not my people, [there] it shall be said unto them, [Ye are] the sons30 of the living God. [11] Then shall31 the children of Judah32 and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for33 great [shall be] the day of Jezreel.

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  1. Hos 1:1, Hosea, to shew God’s judgment for spiritual whoredom, takes Gomer, Hos 1:4, and has by her Jezreel; Hos 1:6, Lo–ruhamah; Hos 1:8, and Lo–ammi; Hos 1:10, The restoration of Judah and Israel under one head. ↩

  2. Jer 1:2, Jer 1:4; Ezek 1:3; Joel 1:1; Jonah 1:1; Zech 1:1; John 10:35; 2Pet 1:21 ↩

  3. Rom 9:25, Osee ↩

  4. Isa 1:1; Mic 1:1 ↩

  5. 2Kgs 14:16-29, 2Kgs 15:1-2, 2Kgs 15:32, 2Kgs 16:1-20, 2Kgs 18:1-37; 2Chr. 26:1-32:33 ↩

  6. Mark 1:1 ↩

  7. Hos 3:1; Isa 20:2-3; Jer 13:1-11; Ezek. 4:1-5:17 ↩

  8. That is, says Apb. Newcome, a wife from among the Israelites, who were a people remarkable for spiritual fornication or idolatry. ↩

  9. Hos 2:4; 2Pet 2:14 *marg. ↩

  10. Exod 34:15-16; Deut 31:16; 2Chr 21:13; Ps 73:27, Ps 106:39; Jer 2:13; Jer 3:1-4, Jer 3:9; Ezek 6:9, Ezek 16:1-63, Ezek 23:1-49; Rev 17:1-2, Rev 17:5 ↩

  11. Isa 8:1-3 ↩

  12. Hos 1:6, Hos 1:9; Isa 7:14, Isa 9:6; Matt 1:21; Luke 1:13, Luke 1:31, Luke 1:63; John 1:42 ↩

  13. ιζψςΰμ ( ‎יִזְרְעֵאל‎ ), God will disperse, as seed is when sown; probably intimating also the speedy dispersion of Israel by Shalmaneser. ↩

  14. 2Kgs 9:24-25, 2Kgs 10:7-8, 2Kgs 10:10-11, 2Kgs 10:17, 2Kgs 10:29-31, 2Kgs 15:10-12 ↩

  15. Heb. visit, Hos 2:13, Hos 9:17; Jer 23:2 ↩

  16. 2Kgs 15:29, 2Kgs 17:6-23, 2Kgs 18:9-12; 1Chr 5:25-26; Jer 3:8; Ezek 23:10, Ezek 23:31 ↩

  17. Hos 2:18; Ps 37:15, Ps 46:9; Jer 49:34-35, Jer 51:56 ↩

  18. Josh 17:16; Judg 6:33 ↩

  19. that is, Not having obtained mercy, Hos 2:23; 1Pet 2:10 ↩

  20. 2Kgs 17:6, 2Kgs 17:23-41; Isa 27:11 ↩

  21. Heb. not add any more to have. but I will utterly take them away. or, that I should altogether pardon them. Hos 9:15-17 ↩

  22. Hos 11:12; 2Kgs 19:35; Isa. 36:1-37:38 ↩

  23. Isa 7:14, Isa 12:2, Isa 49:6; Jer 23:5-6; Zech 2:6-11, Zech 4:6, Zech 9:9-10; Matt 1:21-23; Titus 3:4-6 ↩

  24. Ps 33:16, Ps 44:3-6 ↩

  25. that is, Not my people, Jer 15:1 ↩

  26. Gen 13:16, Gen 32:12; Isa 48:19; Rom 9:27-28; Heb 11:12 ↩

  27. Rom 9:25-26 ↩

  28. or, instead of that ↩

  29. Hos 2:23; Isa 43:6, Isa 49:17-22, Isa 54:1-3, Isa 60:4-22, Isa 66:20; 1Pet 2:9-10 ↩

  30. John 1:12; Rom 8:14-17, Rom 9:26; 2Cor 6:18; Gal 4:6-7; 1John 3:1-2 ↩

  31. This seems to refer to the future conversion and restoration of the Jews and Israelites, under on head, Jesus Christ; so that there shall be one flock and one shepherd. ↩

  32. Hos 3:5, Isa 11:12-13; Jer 3:18-19, Jer 23:5-8, Jer 30:3, Jer 31:1-9, Jer 33:15-26; Jer 50:4-5, Jer 50:19; Ezek 16:60-63, Ezek 34:23-24, Ezek 37:16-25; Mic 2:12-13; Zech 10:6-9; Rom 11:25-26 ↩

  33. An allusion to the word Jezreel. God who sowed them among the nations in His wrath, shall reap and gather them in His mercy. See Hos 2:22-23; Ps 22:27-30, Ps 110:3; Rom 11:15 ↩