New English Translation
Hosea 2:1
1Then you will call your brother, “My People” (Ammi)! You will call your sister, “Pity” (Ruhamah)!
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
Then you will call your brother, “My People” (Ammi)! You will call your sister, “Pity” (Ruhamah)! 2Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior. 3Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill 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 1:9Then the Lord said: “Name him ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi), because you are not my people and I am not your God.”
- Exodus 19:5And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
- Jeremiah 31:33“But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land,” says the Lord. “I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. 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 11:20so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 36:28Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; 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 13:9Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, ‘These are my people,’ and they will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’”
- Hosea 2:23Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to ‘Not My People’ (Lo-Ammi), ‘You are my people!’ And he will say, ‘You are my God!’”
- Romans 11:30Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience,
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.
- 1 Timothy 1:13even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief,
- 1 Peter 2:10You once were not a people, but now you are God’s people. You were shown no 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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