Hosea 1:6
Then conceived she again and bare a daughter, and he said to him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah ["Uncompassionated"],—for, not again any more, will I have compassion upon the house of Israel, that I should, forgive, them;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
5And it shall come to pass, in that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the vale of Jezreel.
Cross References
2 Kings 17:20So Yahweh rejected all the seed of Israel, and humiliated them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers,—until he had cast them out from his presence;
Isaiah 27:11When the cut-off boughs thereof are dry, they shall be broken to pieces, Women, coming, are kindling it! For it is not a people of understanding, For this cause, Will he that made him, not have compassion upon him, And, he that formed him, will shew him no favour.
Hosea 2:23So will I sow her unto me in the land, and will have compassion upon the uncompassionated one [="Lo-ruhamah"],—and will say to him who was No-people-of-mine [="Lo-ammi"], My people, thou art, and, he, shall say, My God!
Amos 7:8And Yahweh said unto me, What canst thou see, Amos? And I said, A plummet,—Then said My Lord, Behold me! fixing a plummet in the midst of my people Israel, I will not again any more forgive him.
1 Peter 2:10Who, at one time, were a No-people, but, now, are a people of God,—who had not been enjoying mercy, but, now, have received mercy.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 1:3-8
The Prophet's Marriage; Threatenings against Israel; Intimation of Mercy to Judah. ( b. c. 768.) 2 The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord . 3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. 4 And the Lord said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel… Read the whole commentary →