10 [a] Yet (A)the number of the children of Israel shall be (B)like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. (C)And (D)in the place where it was said to them, (E)“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, (F)“Children[b] of (G)the living God.” 11 And (H)the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and (I)they shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Israel's Unfaithfulness Punished

[c] Say to your brothers, (J)“You are my people,”[d] and to your sisters, (K)“You have received mercy.”[e]

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:10 Ch 2:1 in Hebrew
  2. Hosea 1:10 Or Sons
  3. Hosea 2:1 Ch 2:3 in Hebrew
  4. Hosea 2:1 Hebrew ammi, which means my people
  5. Hosea 2:1 Hebrew ruhama, which means she has received mercy

The Restoration of Israel

10 [a]Yet the number of the people of Israel shall be like the sand of the sea, which can be neither measured nor numbered, and in the place where it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, “Children of the living God.”(A) 11 The people of Judah and the people of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint for themselves one head, and they shall rise up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.(B)

[b]Say to your brothers, “Ammi,”[c] and to your sisters, “Ruhamah.”[d]

Footnotes

  1. 1.10 2.1 in Heb
  2. 2.1 2.3 in Heb
  3. 2.1 That is, my people
  4. 2.1 That is, pitied