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1 The worde of the Lorde came vnto Osea the sonne of Beeri, in the dayes of Ozea, Ioathan, Ahas, and Hezekias, 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 fornications, and chyldren of fornications: for the lande hath committed great fornication departing from the Lorde. 3 So he went and toke Gomer the daughter of Deblaim: whiche conceaued and bare him a sonne. Hosea 1:1-3, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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