New King James Version
Hosea 2:1
1Say to your brethren, ‘My people,’ And to your sisters, ‘Mercy is shown.’
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 Living Translation (NLT)“In that day you will call your brothers Ammi—‘My people.’ And you will call your sisters Ruhamah—‘The ones I love.’
Context of Hosea 2:1
Say to your brethren, ‘My people,’ And to your sisters, ‘Mercy is shown.’ 2“Bring charges against your mother, bring charges; For she is not My wife, nor am I her Husband! Let her put away her harlotries from her sight, And her adulteries from between her breasts; 3Lest I strip her naked And expose her, as in the day she was born, And make her like a wilderness, And set her like a dry land, And slay her with thirst.
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אִמְר֥וּ לַאֲחֵיכֶ֖ם עַמִּ֑י וְלַאֲחֽוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם רֻחָֽמָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 2:1
- Hosea 1:9Then God said: “Call his name Lo-Ammi, For you are not My people, And I will not be your God.
- Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to Me above all people; for all the earth is Mine.
- Jeremiah 31:33But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
- Jeremiah 32:38They shall be My people, and I will be their God;
- Ezekiel 11:20that they may walk in My statutes and keep My judgments and do them; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 36:28Then you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; you shall be My people, and I will be your God.
- Ezekiel 37:27My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
- Zechariah 13:9I will bring the one–third through the fire, Will refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them. I will say, ‘This is My people’; And each one will say, ‘The Lord is my God.’ ”
- Hosea 2:23Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy; Then I will say to those who were not My people, ‘You are My people!’ And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’ ”
- Romans 11:30For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,
- 2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.
- 1 Timothy 1:13although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
- 1 Peter 2:10who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who had not obtained mercy but now have obtained 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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