KJV ORIGINAL
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.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
This is how God's message through Hosea started. God told Hosea, 'Go marry a woman who's been unfaithful, and take care of her kids too. Do this because my people have been completely unfaithful to me — they've turned their backs on me and gone after other things.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God asked Hosea to live out Israel's broken relationship story so they could see how much their unfaithfulness actually hurt.
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