Hosea 1:2-9
first <08462> [beginning.]
<03212> [Go.]
prostitute <0802> [a wife.]
That is, says Apb. Newcome, a wife from among the Israelites, who were a people remarkable for spiritual fornication or idolatry.
children <03206> [children.]
nation <0776> [for.]
Hosea <07121> [Call.]
Jezreel ....................... Jezreel <03157> [Jezreel.]
[Yizrel <\\See definition 03157\\>,] God will disperse, as seed is when sown; probably intimating also the speedy dispersion of Israel by Shalmaneser.
punish <06485> [and I.]
punish <06485> [avenge. Heb. visit.]
end <07673> [will cause.]
destroy <07665> [I will.]
valley <06010> [in.]
Lo-Ruhamah <03819> [Lo-ruhamah. that is, Not having obtained mercy.]
<03254> [for.]
pity <03254 07355> [no more have. Heb. not add any more to have. but I will utterly take them away. or, that I should altogether pardon them.]
pity <07355> [I will.]
deliver ........... deliver <03467> [will save.]
bow <07198> [by bow.]
Lo-Ammi <03818> [Lo-ammi. that is, Not my people.]
