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] 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