God’s Word Translation
Hosea 2:1
1“So call your brothers Ammi [My People], and call your sisters Ruhamah [Loved].
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
“So call your brothers Ammi [My People], and call your sisters Ruhamah [Loved]. 2“Plead with your mother; plead with her. She no longer acts like my wife. She no longer treats me like her husband. Tell her to stop acting like a prostitute. Tell her to remove the lovers from between her breasts. 3If she refuses, I will strip her. I will leave her as naked as the day she was born. I will turn her into a dry and barren land, and she will die of 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 1:9The Lord said, “Name him Lo Ammi [Not My People]. You are no longer my people, and I am no longer your God.
- Exodus 19:5If you carefully obey me and are faithful to the terms of my promise, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, even though the whole world is mine.
- Jeremiah 31:33“But this is the promise that I will make to Israel after those days,” declares the Lord: “I will put my teachings inside them, and I will write those teachings on their hearts. 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 11:20Then they will live by my laws and obey my rules. They will be my people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 36:28Then you will live in the land that I gave your ancestors. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
- Ezekiel 37:27My dwelling place will be with them. I will be their God, and they will be my people.
- Zechariah 13:9I will bring this third ⌞of the people⌟ through the fire. I will refine them as silver is refined. I will test them as gold is tested. They will call on me, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are my people.’ They will reply, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”
- Hosea 2:23I will plant my people in the land. Those who are not loved I will call my loved ones. Those who are not my people I will call my people. Then they will say, ‘You are our God!’ ”
- Romans 11:30In the past, you disobeyed God. But now God has been merciful to you because of the disobedience of the Jewish people.
- 2 Corinthians 4:1We don’t become discouraged, since God has given us this ministry through his mercy.
- 1 Timothy 1:13In the past I cursed him, persecuted him, and acted arrogantly toward him. However, I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in my unbelief.
- 1 Peter 2:10Once you were not God’s people, but now you are. Once you were not shown mercy, but now you have been shown 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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