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Hosea 1:6 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Hosea 1:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 1 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. Loruhamah: that is, Not having obtained mercy no: Heb. not add any more to but: or, that I should altogether pardon them”
Hosea 1:6 (KJV)
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Commentary on Hosea 1:6
The second symbolic name: 'And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.' Lo-ruhamah means 'not pitied' or 'no mercy' (לֹא רֻחָמָה, lo-ruhamah). The Hebrew ruhamah comes from racham (compassion, womb-love), God's tender maternal compassion. Its negation signals withdrawn mercy—devastating for a covenant people dependent on God's hesed (steadfast love). Yet this isn't final: Hosea 2:23 promises 'I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy,' appli...
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Cross-References for Hosea 1:6
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“but now are God's people”
“'You are my people;' and they will say”
“they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire”
“on her children I will have no mercy; for they are children of unfaithfulness;”
“and carried Israel away to Assyria”
“as he spoke by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.”