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10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’ 11 The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.

“Say to your brothers, ‘My people!’[a]

    and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’[b]

Footnotes

  1. 2:1 ‘Ammi’ in Hebrew
  2. 2:1 ‘Ruhamah’ in Hebrew

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