Like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord

Hosea 1:01-2:1

The word of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoash[a] king of Israel.

When the Lord began to speak through Hosea, the Lord said to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have children with her, for like an adulterous wife this land is guilty of unfaithfulness to the Lord.” So he married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them. Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow, sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God, will save them.”

 “Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted. In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’ The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together; they will appoint one leader and will come up out of the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.

God instructs Hosea to marry Gomer, a woman God knows will prove unfaithful. This seems to be the meaning of verse 2, which reads, literally, 'Marry a woman of harlotry (whoredom).' 'Harlotry' is Hosea has a double meaning, describing both illicit sexual relations and religious acts of unfaithfulness.

Three children are born, and each is given a name which speaks God's message to Israel: "Jezreel"(standing for bloodshed and punishment, 'Unloved' and 'Not my people'. Through the prophet, God is giving his people a last opportunity to repent before judgment breaks on the land. Yet punished will be blessed. 'Not my people' will become God's own again. 'Unloved' will once more be loved.

Why?

To be a prophet of the Lord have to give up all your own idea and own mind. obey the word of the Lord completely.

God gives the name of Hosea's children to remind the sins of the Israelites and Judah. 

God gave punishment to his people, but God is giving his people the opportunity to repent before judgment breaks on the land.

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先知要順服神的旨意，去承受一個要註定破碎的家庭，而且永遠無法恢復的，長久存在，面對別人指指點點。神要何西阿娶淫婦來體會神對以色列人背叛神的感受。

愛有多深，神受到的傷害就有多大！

後面兩個孩子都沒有寫為他生的，後兩個可能和其他人生的，卻要何西阿養育，給他們取名都很難聽。每天被人叫時就被岐視，傷害，在提醒北國、南國，從小人格受到極大的扭曲，他們的心受到多大傷害，正如人離開了主，從小沒有人照顧、憐憫！

何西阿承受一輩子的苦，所以由他來傳講神的話，更能夠體會神的痛，說的更貼切。我們自己經過患難後，更能夠體會、安慰在苦難中的人。

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How?

The feeling of Hosea expresses the heart and mind of the Lord is so sad to his people.