Hosea 1:9

Then saide God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for yee are not my people: therefore will I not be yours.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

8Nowe when she had wained Lo-ruhamah, shee conceiued, and bare a sonne.

10Yet the nomber of the children of Israel shall be as the sande of the sea, which can not be measured nor tolde: and in the place where it was saide vnto them, Yee are not my people, it shall be saide vnto them, Yee are the sonnes of the liuing 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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