- 1 Hosea 1 1 Hosea 1 (9 verses in the MT) opens: The word of YHWH that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. The middle of the chapter continues: And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. It closes: Then said , Call his name Loammi: for you not my people, and I will not be your .
- 2 Hosea 2 2 Hosea 2 (25 verses in the MT) opens: Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, in the place where it was said to them, You not my people, it shall be said to. The middle of the chapter continues: I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. It closes: And I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to not my people, You my people; and they shall say, my God.
- 3 Hosea 3 3 Hosea 3 (5 verses in the MT) opens: Then said YHWH to me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of YHWH toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. The middle of the chapter continues: And I said to her, You shall abide for me many days; you shall not play the harlot, and you shall not be for man: so I also for you. It closes: Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek YHWH their God, and David their king; and shall fear YHWH and his goodness in the latter days.
- 4 Hosea 4 4 Hosea 4 (19 verses in the MT) opens: Hear the word of YHWH, you children of Israel: for YHWH has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. The middle of the chapter continues: For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to YHWH. It closes: The wind has bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
- 5 Hosea 5 5 Hosea 5 (15 verses in the MT) opens: Hear you this, O priests; and hearken, you house of Israel; and give you ear, O house of the king; for judgment toward you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. The middle of the chapter continues: Blow you the cornet in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud Bethaven, after you, O Benjamin. It closes: I will go return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
- 6 Hosea 6 6 Hosea 6 (11 verses in the MT) opens: Come, and let us return to YHWH: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up. The middle of the chapter continues: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. It closes: Also, O Judah, he has set an harvest for you, when I returned the captivity of my people.
- 7 Hosea 7 7 Hosea 7 (16 verses in the MT) opens: When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, the troop of robbers spoileth without. The middle of the chapter continues: Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. It closes: They return, not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this their derision in the land of Egypt.
- 8 Hosea 8 8 Hosea 8 (14 verses in the MT) opens: the trumpet to your mouth. as an eagle against the house of YHWH, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. The middle of the chapter continues: Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein no pleasure. It closes: For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah has multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.
- 9 Hosea 9 9 Hosea 9 (17 verses in the MT) opens: Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as people: for you have gone a whoring from your God, you have loved a reward upon every cornfloor. The middle of the chapter continues: They have deeply corrupted , as in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. It closes: My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
- 10 Hosea 10 10 Hosea 10 (15 verses in the MT) opens: Israel an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit to himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he has increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. The middle of the chapter continues: The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. It closes: So shall Bethel do to you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
- 11 Hosea 11 11 Hosea 11 (11 verses in the MT) opens: When Israel a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. The middle of the chapter continues: And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour , because of their own counsels. It closes: They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, says YHWH.
- 12 Hosea 12 12 Hosea 12 (15 verses in the MT) opens: Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints. The middle of the chapter continues: a merchant, the balances of deceit in his hand: he loveth to oppress. It closes: Ephraim provoked to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his Lord return to him.
- 13 Hosea 13 13 Hosea 13 (15 verses in the MT) opens: When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. The middle of the chapter continues: I will meet them as a bear bereaved , and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. It closes: Though he be fruitful among brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of YHWH shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all.
- 14 Hosea 14 14 Hosea 14 (10 verses in the MT) opens: Samaria shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. The middle of the chapter continues: I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. It closes: Who wise, and he shall understand these ? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of YHWH right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.