The. holie. Bible. conteynyng the olde Testament and the newe.

The first Chapter.

[illustration]

1 The tyme wherein Osea prophecied. 2 The idolatrie of the people. 10 The cal∣ling of the gentiles. 11 Christe is the head of all people.

[unspec A] 1 THE worde of the Lorde came vnto O∣sea the sonne of Beeri, in the dayes of Ozea, Ioa∣than, Ahas, and Hezeki∣as, kynges of Iuda, and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kyng of Israel.

2 When the Lord spake first vnto Osea, he sayd vnto hym: Go, take vnto thee a wife of (a) fornications, and chyldren of fornications: for the lande hath com∣mitted great fornication [departing] from the Lorde.

3 So he went and toke Gomer the daughter of Deblaim: whiche concea∣ued and bare him a sonne.

4 And the Lorde sayde vnto hym, Call his name Iezrahel: for I wyll short∣lye auenge the blood of Iezrahel vpon the house of Iehu, and wyll bryng the kyngdome of the house of Israel to an ende.

5 And in that day wyll I also breake [unspec B] the bowe of Israel, in the valley of Iezrahel.

6 And she conceaued agayne, and bare a daughter: and [the Lorde] sayde vnto hym, Call her name Loruhamah [that is, not obtayning mercy] for I wyll no more haue pitie vpon the house of Is∣rael, but I wyll vtterly take them away.

7 Yet I wyll haue mercy vpon the house of Iuda, and wil saue them, euen thorowe the Lorde their God: and wil not saue them by bowe, sworde, battell, horses, or horsemen.

8 Nowe when she had wayned Loru∣hamah, she conceaued againe, and bare a sonne.

9 Then sayd he, Call his name Loam∣mi [that is, not my people]: for ye are not my people, therefore I wyll not be your [God.]

10 Yet the number of the chyldren of Is∣rael

shalbe as the sand of the sea, which can neither be measured nor tolde: and in the place where it was sayde vnto them, Ye are not my people: it shall be saide vnto them, Ye are the chyldren of the liuing God.

11 Then shall the children of Iuda and the chyldren of Israel be gathered to∣gether, and appoynt them selues one head, and they shall come vp out of the lande: for great shalbe the day of Iez∣rahel.

Notes

• 4. Reg. 15 16. and .xvii.
• Leui. xxi. b. Eze. xliiii. d.
• (a)

  That is, one that of long tyme hath accusto∣med to play the harlot, not that the pro∣phete did this in deede, but he sawe this in a vision: or els was com∣maunded by God, to set foorth vnder this parable or figure, the ido¦latrie of the Israelites.
• 4. Reg. xv e. xvii.xviii. b iii. Re. xxi. b
• 4. Reg. xv e. xvii.xviii. b iii. Re. xxi. b
• 4. Re. xix. b
• Gen. xlix. c. 4. Re. xix. e.
• Rom. ix c.
• Iohn. i. a.
• Ezech. 3••. ••.