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Book of Hosea, Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 of Hosea—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ The word of Jehovah1 that occurred to Ho·seʹa2 the son of Be·eʹri in the days3 of Uz·ziʹah,4 Joʹtham,5 Aʹhaz6 [and] Hez·e·kiʹah,7 kings of Judah, and in the days of Jer·o·boʹam8 the son of Joʹash,9 the king of Israel.
  2. There was a start of the word of Jehovah by Ho·seʹa, and Jehovah proceeded to say to Ho·seʹa: “Go,10 take to yourself a wife of fornication[a] and children of fornication, because by fornication the land positively turns from following Jehovah.”11
  3. ¶ And he proceeded to go and take Goʹmer the daughter of Dib·laʹim, so that she became pregnant and in time bore to him a son.12
  4. ¶ And Jehovah went on to say to him: “Call his name Jezʹre·el,13 for yet a little while and I must hold an accounting for the acts of bloodshed of Jezʹre·el[b] against the house of Jeʹhu,14 and I must cause the royal rule of the house of Israel to cease.15
  5. And it must occur in that day that I must break the bow16 of Israel in the low plain[c] of Jezʹre·el.”
  6. ¶ And she proceeded to become pregnant another time and to give birth to a daughter. And He[d] went on to say to him: “Call her name Lo-ru·haʹmah,[e]17 for I shall no more show mercy18 again to the house of Israel, because I shall positively take them away.[f]19
  7. But to the house of Judah I shall show mercy,20 and I will save them by Jehovah their God;[g]21 but I shall not save them by a bow or by a sword or by war, by horses or by horsemen.”22
  8. ¶ And she gradually weaned Lo-ru·haʹmah, and she proceeded to become pregnant and give birth to a son.
  9. So He said: “Call his name Lo-amʹmi,[h] because YOU men are not my people[i] and I myself shall prove to be not YOURS.[j]
  10. ¶ “And the number of the sons of Israel must become like the grains of the sand of the sea that cannot be measured or numbered.23 And it must occur that in the place in which it used to be said to them, ‘YOU men are not my people,’24 it will be said to them, ‘The sons of the living God.’[k]25
  11. And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will certainly be collected together into a unity[l]26 and will actually set up for themselves one head and go up out of the land,27 because great will be the day of Jezʹre·el.[m]28

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit., “fornications; prostitutions.” Heb., zenu·nimʹ, pl. See Ge 38:24; Eze 23:11, 29.
  2. ^ The royal city where the kings of northern Israel resided, although Samaria was their capital city. See 2Ki (8:29; 9:15, 25, 30-37; 10:1-11).
  3. ^ Or, “the valley.”
  4. ^ “He,” MLXXVg; Sy, “Jehovah.”
  5. ^ Meaning “She Was Not Shown Mercy.” Heb., Loʼ ru·chaʹmah.
  6. ^ Or, “that I should positively pardon them.”
  7. ^ “Their God.” Heb., ʼElo·heh·hemʹ.
  8. ^ Meaning “Not My People.” Heb., Loʼ ʽam·miʹ.
  9. ^ “Not my people.” Heb., loʼ ʽam·miʹ.
  10. ^ MLXX end chap. 1 here; TSyVg continue for two more vss.
  11. ^ “Living God.” Heb., ʼEl-chaiʹ.
  12. ^ “Into a unity.” Heb., yach·dawʹ.
  13. ^ Meaning “God Will Sow Seed.” Heb., Yiz·reʽeʼlʹ.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Pe 1:21
  2. ^ Ro 9:25
  3. ^ Is 1:1; Mc 1:1
  4. ^ 2Ki 15:13; 2Ch 26:1
  5. ^ 2Ki 15:32
  6. ^ 2Ki 16:1
  7. ^ 2Ki 18:1
  8. ^ 2Ki 14:23
  9. ^ 2Ki 13:10
  10. ^ Is 20:2; Je 13:1
  11. ^ De 31:16; Ps 73:27
  12. ^ Is 8:3; Ho 3:1
  13. ^ Ho 2:22
  14. ^ 2Ki 10:11
  15. ^ 2Ki 15:10
  16. ^ Ps 37:15
  17. ^ Ho 2:23
  18. ^ Is 27:11; 1Pe 2:10
  19. ^ 2Ki 17:6, 23
  20. ^ 2Ki 19:34; Ho 11:12
  21. ^ 2Ki 19:35
  22. ^ Ps 33:16; Is 37:36
  23. ^ Ge 13:16; 26:4; Ro 9:27; Heb 11:12
  24. ^ Ro 9:26; 1Pe 2:10
  25. ^ Jn 1:12; Ro 8:14; 2Co 6:18
  26. ^ Ezr 3:1; Is 11:12; Je 3:18; 30:3; Eze 37:17; Mc 2:12; Ro 11:26
  27. ^ Je 23:5; Eze 34:23
  28. ^ Ho 2:22

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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