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 king of Israel: 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.” 3 So he married Gomer 

daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.