Hosea 1:9

and He says, “Call his name Lo-Ammi [(Not My People)], for you [are] not My people, and I am not for you;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

In Context

8And she weans Lo-Ruhamah, and conceives, and bears a son;

10and the number of the sons of Israel has been as the sand of the sea that is not measured nor numbered, and it has come to pass in the place where it is said to them, You [are] not My people, it is said to them, Sons of the Living God;

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Matthew Henry on Hosea 1:9-11

Temporary Rejection of Israel; Promises of Mercy. ( b. c. 768.) 8 Now when she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. 9 Then said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11 Then… Read the whole commentary →

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