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Close profile of Hosea holding the safely swaddled first son, with Gomer seated in the background.
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Hosea 1:4

The Name Jezreel

Names that Bear the Warning · Hosea 1

Story guide: Narrated naming carries a national oracle; the child is not blamed for the bloodshed.

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4Then Yahweh said to him, “Call his name Jezreel, for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.”

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