Hosea

1 A word of Jehovah that hath been unto Hosea, son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz,

1 `Hear this, O priests, and attend, O house of Israel, And, O house of the king, give ear, For

1 `Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife `is’ to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land,

1 And Jehovah saith unto me: `Again, go, love a woman, loved of a friend, and an adulteress, like the

1 `Say ye to your brethren — Ammi, And to your sisters — Ruhamah. 2 Plead ye with your mother

1 `Unto thy mouth — a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant,

1 `When I give healing to Israel, Then revealed is the iniquity of Ephraim, And the wickedness of Samaria, For