Hosea 1:6-8

English Standard Version

⁶She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, ^(A)“Call her name No Mercy,^[a] for ^(B)I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all. ⁷But ^(C)I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I ^(D)will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”

⁸When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son.

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Footnotes

Hosea 1:6 Hebrew Lo-ruhama, which means she has not received mercy

Hosea 1:6-8

New International Version

⁶Gomer^(A) conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to Hosea, “Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means “not loved”),^(B) for I will no longer show love to Israel,^(C) that I should at all forgive them. ⁷Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow,^(D) sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God,^(E) will save them.”