A reading from the book of Hosea.

The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Biri, 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.

When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea,

Go, take to yourself a wife of Hortem, and have children of Hortem. For the land commits

great Hortem by forsaking the Lord. So he went and took Gomer, the daughter of Di Bligham, and she conceived

and bore him a son. And the Lord said to him, call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will

punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezrerael, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the

House of Israel. And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel. She conceived

again and bore a daughter, and the Lord said to him, call her name, no mercy, for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel

to forgive them at all. But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the

Lord their God. I will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.

When she had weaned no mercy, she conceived and bore a son.

And the Lord said, call his name, not my people, for you are not my people, and I am not

your God.

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be like the

sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. And in the place where it was said to them,

you are not my people. It shall be said to them, children of the living God. And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be

gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head, and they shall go up from the land,

for great shall be the day of Jezreel. A reading from the Psalms.

Praise the Lord.

Praise the name of the Lord.

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