Hosea 1:8-9

Hosea's Wife and Children

8 When she had weaned No Mercy, she conceived and bore a son. 9 And the Lord said, n "Call his name Not My People, 1 for o you are not my people, and I am not your God." 2

  1. Cross References
    Hosea 1:4
    And the Lord said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
    Hosea 1:6
    She conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to him, "Call her name No Mercy, for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, to forgive them at all.
  2. Cross References
    Hosea 2:23
    And I will sow her for myself in the land. And I will have mercy on No Mercy, and I will say to Not My People, 'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.'
    Leviticus 26:12
    And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
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