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<p class=ql-align-justify>The Word of the Lord that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel. The beginning of the Word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea Go take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom departing from the Lord. So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived and bare him a son. And the Lord said unto him Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. And it shall come to pass at that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. And she conceived again and bare a daughter. And God said unto him Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah and will save them by the Lord their God and will not save them by bow nor by sword nor by battle by horses nor by horsemen. Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah she conceived and bare a son. Then said God Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not My people and I will not be your God. Hos. 1:1-9.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>  From the foregoing scriptures it is seen that Hosea's wife and children were such in vision only and were therefore entirely figurative; they were so named as to make a fitting analogy of His people-Judah and Israel. And being of whoredoms they fittingly prefigure the idolatrous state of His church.</p><p></p>