The word of Jehovah which was to Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel.

And he will go and take Gomer, daughter of Diblaim; and she will conceive and bring forth to him a son.

And she will wean the Not being compassionated, and she will conceive and bring forth a son.

They will eat up the sin of my people, and they will lift up their soul to their iniquity.

Because Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, altars were to him to sin.

And the heights of vanity were destroyed, the sin of Israel: the thorn and weeds shall come up upon their altars; and they said to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall upon us.

From the days of the hill thou didst sin, O Israel: there they stood: the battle in the hill against the sons of iniquity shall not overtake them.

When Israel was a child, and I loved him, and I called for my son out of Egypt

And Ephraim will say, Surely I became rich, I found to me wealth: all my labors shall not be found to me iniquity which was sin.

And now they will add to sin, and they will make to them a molten image of their silver, in their understanding images the work of artificers all of it: they saying to them, The men sacrificing shall kiss the calves.

The iniquity of Ephraim was bound up; his sin was concealed.

The pains of her bringing forth shall come to him: he a son not wise; for now he shall not stand in the breaking forth of sons.