Hosea 1:1,2 (NIV)

1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoash (a) king of Israel:

Hosea’s Wife and Children

2 When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.”

1. A Betrayed Lover

2. An Angry Lover

3. A Faithful Lover

NIV Footnotes

(a) 1:1 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash