10 Yet the number of the Israelites
will be like the sand of the sea,(A)
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.(B)
11 And the Judeans and the Israelites
will be gathered together.(C)
They will appoint for themselves a single ruler(D)
and go up from[a] the land.
For the day of Jezreel(E) will be great.
Call[b] your brothers: My People
and your sisters: Compassion.

Footnotes

  1. 1:11 Or and flourish in; Hb obscure
  2. 2:1 Lit Say to

10 [a] The number of the children of Israel
    will be like the sand of the sea
    that cannot be measured or counted;
and in the place where it is said to them,
    “You are not my people,”
it will be said to them,
    “Children of the living God.”
11 Then the children of Judah
    and Israel will be gathered together,
and they will appoint for themselves
    one head;
and they will take possession of[b] the land,
    for great is the day of Jezreel.[c]

The Unfaithful Wife

Say to your brother,[d] “Ammi,”[e]
and to your sister,[f] “Ruhamah.”[g]

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:10 Hosea 1:10–2:23 in the English Bible is 2:1–25 in the Hebrew Bible
  2. Hosea 1:11 Literally “they will go up from”
  3. Hosea 1:11 Jezreel means “God sows”
  4. Hosea 2:1 Hebrew “brothers”
  5. Hosea 2:1 Ammi means “My people”
  6. Hosea 2:1 Hebrew “sisters”
  7. Hosea 2:1 Ruhamah means “Pitied”