Hosea 1:1 (LSB)

Passage

The word of Yahweh which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Nearby Context

Hosea 1:1 The word of Yahweh which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

Hosea 1:2 When Yahweh first spoke through Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking Yahweh.”

Hosea 1:3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "word", "yahweh", "came", "hosea", "beeri", "days", "uzziah", and "jotham". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "word" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "When Yahweh first spoke through Hosea Yahweh...", so "word" and "yahweh" should be read forward into that movement. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "word" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.