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4 And the Lord said to him: “Call his name Jezreel because, after a little while, I will visit the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put the kingdom of the house of Israel to rest. 5 And in that day, I will crush the stronghold of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.” 6 And after a while, she conceived and bore a daughter. And he said to him: “Call her name, Without Mercy, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will utterly forget them. 7 Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. And I will not save them by bow and sword and battle and horses and horsemen.” 8 And she weaned her, who was called Without Mercy. And she conceived and bore a son. 9 And he said: “Call his name, Not My People, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours. Hosea 1:4-9, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.
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