Hosea 1:1-3 The word of Yahweh, which came to Hosea, son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah and Jotham and Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ The word of Yahweh, which came to Hosea, son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah and Jotham and Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, son of Joash, king of Israel." ² The start of the word of Yahweh by Hosea:And Yahweh is saying to Hosea, Go, take to you a wife of prostitutions and children of prostitutions, for the land is verily committing prostitution rather than following Yahweh." ³ Then he is going and taking Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim; and she is becoming pregnant and is bearing for him a son."