Hosea 1:2 “When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a pros…”

Hosea 1:2

When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.

World English Bible

When the LORD spoke at first by Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking the LORD.”

American Standard Version

When Jehovah spake at the first by Hosea, Jehovah said unto Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredom and children of whoredom; for the land doth commit great whoredom, departing from Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

At the beginning the Lord spake by Hosea, and the Lord said vnto Hosea, Goe, take vnto thee a wife of fornications, and children of fornications: for the lande hath committed great whoredome, departing from the Lord.

Darby Translation

The beginning of the word of Jehovah through Hosea. And Jehovah said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms; for the land is entirely given up to whoredom, away from Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

The commencement of Jehovah's speaking by Hosea. And Jehovah saith unto Hosea, 'Go, take to thee a woman of whoredoms, and children of whoredoms, for utterly go a-whoring doth the land from after Jehovah.'

Bible in Basic English

The start of the word of the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife of loose ways, and children of the same, for the land has been untrue to the Lord.

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Cross references

“beginning”

Mark 1:1

Mark 1:1 · BSB

This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

“Go”

Hosea 3:1 Jeremiah 13:1–11 Ezekiel 4:1–5 Isaiah 20:2 Isaiah 20:3

Hosea 3:1 · BSB

Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to…

Jeremiah 13:1–11 · BSB

This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy yourself a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.”

Ezekiel 4:1–5 · BSB

“Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 20:2 · BSB

the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

Isaiah 20:3 · BSB

Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

“children”

2 Peter 2:14 Hosea 2:4

2 Peter 2:14 · BSB

Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

Hosea 2:4 · BSB

I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.

“for”

Deuteronomy 31:16 Psalm 106:39 Jeremiah 3:9 Ezekiel 6:9 Ezekiel 23:1–49 Revelation 17:5

Deuteronomy 31:16 · BSB

And the LORD said to Moses, “You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant…

Psalm 106:39 · BSB

They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

Jeremiah 3:9 · BSB

Indifferent to her own infidelity, Israel had defiled the land and committed adultery with stones and trees.

Ezekiel 6:9 · BSB

Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they…

Ezekiel 23:1–49 · BSB

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

Revelation 17:5 · BSB

And on her forehead a mysterious name was written: BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

Also

Hosea 5:3

Hosea 5:3 · BSB

I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

3So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

Read Hosea 1