10 “Yet the Israelites will be like the sand on the seashore, which cannot be measured or counted.(A) In the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘children of the living God.’(B) 11 The people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together;(C) they will appoint one leader(D) and will come up out of the land,(E) for great will be the day of Jezreel.[a](F)

[b]“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’(G)

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 1:11 In Hebrew texts 1:10,11 is numbered 2:1,2.
  2. Hosea 2:1 In Hebrew texts 2:1-23 is numbered 2:3-25.

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