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Hosea 2:1
1“[Hosea,] say to your brothers, ‘Ammi (you are my people),’ and to your sisters, ‘Ruhamah (you have been pitied and have obtained mercy).’
Hosea 2:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ru–hamah.
- New International Version (NIV)“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)Say to your brothers, "You are my people," and to your sisters, "You have received mercy."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Say to your brethren, ‘My people,’ And to your sisters, ‘Mercy is shown.’
Context of Hosea 2:1
“[Hosea,] say to your brothers, ‘Ammi (you are my people),’ and to your sisters, ‘Ruhamah (you have been pitied and have obtained mercy).’ 2Contend with your mother (nation); contend, For she is not my wife and I am not her husband; And have her remove her [marks of] prostitution from her face And her adultery from between her breasts 3Or I will strip her naked And expose her as on the day she was born, And make her like a wilderness And make her like a parched land And slay her with thirst.
Read all of Hosea 2Hosea 2:1 word by word
אִמְר֥וּ לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם עַמִּ֑י וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם רֻחָֽמָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 2:1
- Hosea 1:9And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-Ammi (not my people), for you are not My people and I am not your God.”
- Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will in fact obey My voice and keep My covenant (agreement), then you shall be My own special possession and treasure from among all peoples [of the world], for all the earth is Mine;
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days,” says the Lord, “I will put My law within them, and I will write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Jeremiah 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God;
- Ezekiel 11:20that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 36:28You will live in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you will be My people, and I will be your God.
- Ezekiel 37:27My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
- Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will listen and answer them; I will say, ‘They are My people,’ And they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
- Hosea 2:23I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; And I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people,’ And they will say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
- Romans 11:30Just as you once were disobedient and failed to listen to God, but have now obtained mercy because of their disobedience,
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as we received mercy [from God, granting us salvation, opportunities, and blessings], we do not get discouraged nor lose our motivation.
- 1 Timothy 1:13even though I was formerly a blasphemer [of our Lord] and a persecutor [of His church] and a shameful and outrageous and violent aggressor [toward believers]. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted out of ignorance in unbelief.
- 1 Peter 2:10Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Commentaries on Hosea 2:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi - I prefer the interpretation of these proper names. Say ye unto your brethren, My People; and, to your sisters, who have Obtained Mercy.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi - that is, “My people, and to your sisters, Ruhamah,” i. e., “beloved or tenderly pitied.” The words form a climax of the love of God. First, the people scattered, unpitied, and disowned by God, is re-born of God; then it is declared to be in continued relation to God, “My people;” then to be the object of his yearning love. The words, “My people,” may be alike filled up, “ye are My people,” and “be ye My people.” They are…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The idolatry of the people. (Hos. 2:1-5) God's judgments against them. (Hos. 2:6-13) His promises of reconciliation. (Hos. 2:14-23) Verses 1-5 This chapter continues the figurative address to Israel, in reference to Hosea's wife and children. Let us own and love as brethren, all whom the Lord seems to put among his children, and encourage them in that they have received mercy. But every Christian, by his example and conduct, must protest against evil and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1My people: God will restore the third child's name to its original meaning. My loved one: Israel will again receive God's love and compassion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-23Israel's spiritual fornication, and her threatened punishment: yet a promise of God's restored favor, when chastisements have produced their designed effect. 1. Say ... unto ... brethren, Ammi, &c.--that is, When the prediction (Ho 1:11) shall be accomplished, then ye will call one another, as brothers and sisters in the family of God, Ammi and Ruhamah.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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