Hosea 1

1 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

The Lord’s message to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah and during the reign of King Jeroboam, son of Joash of Israel.

2 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

When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, he said to him: ‘Go marry an unfaithful woman who will bear you children by her adultery, for like an adulterous wife the land is unfaithful to the Lord.’

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

So he married Gomer, the daughter of Dibliam, and when she conceived and bore him a son,

4 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

the Lord said: ‘Call him “Jezreel,” for in a little while I will punish the dynasty of Jehu for the blood shed at the valley of Jezreel, I will cause the kingdom of Israel to cease.

5 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

On that day, I will break Israel’s bows and arrows in the valley of Jezreel.’

6 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

When she conceived again and bore a daughter, the Lord said to Hosea: ‘Call her Lo-Ruhamah – “No-Compassion” for I will no longer have compassion on Israel, certainly not spare them.

7 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

But on Judah I will have compassion, I will deliver them by the Lord their God, but I will not deliver them by bow nor by sword, nor by battle nor by horses nor by horsemen.’

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

After she had weaned No-Compassion, and when she conceived and bore a son, he said:

9 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

‘Call him Lo-Ammi – “Not-My-People” for you, Israel, are not my people, and I indeed am not your God.’

10 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

Yet the number of the Israelites will be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted, and where they were told, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called, ‘children of the living God.’

11 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

The Judeans and the Israelites will join together again, will appoint for themselves one leader, will return to their own land. Great will be the day of Jezreel!