Hosea 1:1-5

1:1

word <01697> [word.]

Hosea <01954> [Hosea.]

[Osee. in.]

Uzziah <05818> [Uzziah.]

1:2

first <08462> [beginning.]

<03212> [Go.]

prostitute <0802> [a wife.]

That is, says Apb. Newcome, a wife from among the Israelites, who were a people remarkable for spiritual fornication or idolatry.

children <03206> [children.]

nation <0776> [for.]

1:3

1:4

Hosea <07121> [Call.]

Jezreel ....................... Jezreel <03157> [Jezreel.]

[Yizrel <\\See definition 03157\\>,] God will disperse, as seed is when sown; probably intimating also the speedy dispersion of Israel by Shalmaneser.

punish <06485> [and I.]

punish <06485> [avenge. Heb. visit.]

end <07673> [will cause.]

1:5

destroy <07665> [I will.]

valley <06010> [in.]