001The word of the Lord that came to 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.1:1
002I will punish her for the days of the Baals to which she burned incense. She decked herself with her earrings and jewellery, and went after her lovers; But Me she forgot,” says the Lord.2:13
003For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, without ephod or teraphim. 5 Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They shall fear the Lord and His goodness in the latter days.  3:4-5
004My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.4:6
005 For I desire mercy and not sacrifice, And the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.6:6
006“For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and has built temples; Judah also has multiplied fortified cities; But I will send fire upon his cities, and it shall devour his palaces.”8:14
007My God will cast them away, because they did not obey Him; And they shall be wanderers among the nations.9:17
008They shall say to the mountains, “Cover us!” And to the hills, “Fall on us!”10:8
009out of Egypt I called My son.11:1
010So, you, by the help of your God, return; Observe mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.12:6
011For there is no Savior besides Me.13:4
012“I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction! Pity is hidden from My eyes.13:14
013O Israel, return to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity;14:1