When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son. And [a]the Lord said, “Name him [b]Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not [c]your God.”

10 [d]Yet the number of the sons of Israel
Will be like the (A)sand of the sea,
Which cannot be measured or numbered;
And (B)in the place
Where it is said to them,
“You are (C)not My people,”
It will be said to them,
You are the (D)sons of the living God.”

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:9 Lit He
  2. Hosea 1:9 I.e. not my people
  3. Hosea 1:9 Lit yours
  4. Hosea 1:10 Ch 2:1 in Heb