King James Version
Hosea 1:9 in the King James Version says “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 peopl...” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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”
Hosea 1:9 · KJV
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.
Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
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
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
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.
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“God Call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“his name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“for ye are not my people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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