After Gomer had weaned No Compassion, she conceived and gave birth to a son. Then the Lord said:

Name him Not My People,[a]
for you are not My people,
and I will not be your God.[b](A)
10 [c]Yet the number of the Israelites
will be like the sand of the sea,(B)
which cannot be measured or counted.
And in the place where they were told:
You are not My people,
they will be called: Sons of the living God.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:9 Or Lo-ammi
  2. Hosea 1:9 Lit not be yours
  3. Hosea 1:10 Hs 2:1 in Hb

After she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah,(A) Gomer had another son. Then the Lord said, “Call him Lo-Ammi (which means “not my people”), for you are not my people, and I am not your God.[a](B)

10 “Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted.(C) In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:9 Or your I am