<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">This is the word of the <sc>Lordsc> which was revealed to Hosea<n id="2" /> son of Beeri during the time when<n id="3" /> Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah ruled Judah,<n id="4" /> and during the time when Jeroboam son of Joash<n id="5" /> ruled Israel.<n id="6" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">When the <sc>Lordsc> first spoke<n id="1" /> through<n id="2" /> Hosea, he<n id="3" /> said to him,<n id="4" /> &#8220;Go marry<n id="5" /> a prostitute<n id="6" /> who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution,<n id="7" /> because the nation<n id="8" /> continually commits spiritual prostitution<n id="9" /> by turning away from<n id="10" /> the <sc>Lordsc>.&#8221;