Hosea 1:8-10

EasyEnglish Bible

⁸ After Lo-Ruhamah stopped drinking Gomer's milk, Gomer became pregnant again. She gave birth to another son. ⁹ Then the Lord said, ‘Call him Lo-Ammi.^[a] This is because you Israelites are not my people. I am not your God.’

A promise about Israel's future

¹⁰ In the future, nobody will be able to count the number of Israel's people. They will be as much as the sand on the shore of the sea. God has said to them, ‘You are not my people.’ But at that time, he will say to them, ‘You are children of the God who lives!’