<p class="bodytext">When<n id="1" /> she had weaned &#8216;No Pity&#8217; (Lo-Ruhamah) she conceived again and gave birth to another son.

<t /><p class="poetry">Ephraim will be like a bird;p> <p class="poetry">what they value<n id="1" /> will fly away.p> <p class="poetry">They will not bear children &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they will not enjoy pregnancy &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">they will not even conceive!<n id="2" />p>

So Hosea married<n id="1" /> Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. Then she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.

<p class="poetry">They have committed treason<n id="1" /> against the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">because they bore illegitimate children.p> <p class="poetry">Soon<n id="2" /> the new moon festival will devour them and their fields.p>

<p class="poetry">Otherwise, I will strip her naked,p> <p class="poetry">and expose her like she was when she was born.p> <p class="poetry">I will turn her land into a wildernessp> <p class="poetry">and make her country a parched land,p> <p class="poetry">so that I might kill<n id="1" /> her with thirst.p>

<p class="poetry">Ephraim will be struck down<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">their root will be dried up;p> <p class="poetry">they will not yield any fruit.p> <p class="poetry">Even if they do bear children,p> <p class="poetry">I will kill their precious offspring.p>

<p class="poetry">The labor pains of a woman will overtake him,p> <p class="poetry">but the baby will lack wisdom;p> <p class="poetry">when the time arrives,p> <p class="poetry">he will not come out of the womb!p>

<p class="bodytext">She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> said to him, &#8220;Name her &#8216;No Pity&#8217; (Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity<n id="2" /> on the nation<n id="3" /> of Israel. For<n id="4" /> I will certainly not forgive<n id="5" /> their guilt.<n id="6" />