King James Version
What Does Hosea 1:9 Mean?
“Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. Loammi: that is, Not my people”
Context
7
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
8
Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
9
Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. Loammi: that is, Not my people
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. in: or, instead of that
11
Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(9) Closes the chapter in the Hebrew text. The episode above described is, in some particulars, the model for Ezekiel 16. Gomer’s child *Lo ‘Ammi* (not my people), is type of utter and final repudiation.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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