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Hosea 1:9

Hosea 1:9
Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then said God, call his name Loammi,.... Which Aben Ezra interprets of the children of the ten tribes horn in captivity, who never returned; but it rather signifies the ten tribes themselves, who were…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Call his name Lo-ammi - that is, “not My people.” The name of this third child expresses the last final degree of chastisement. As the “scattering by God” did not involve the being wholly “unpitied;”…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Hosea 1:8-11

We have here a prediction,

I. Of the rejection of Israel for a time, which is signified by the name of another child that Hosea had by his adulterous spouse, Hos 1:8, Hos 1:9. And still we must…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Hosea 1:8-9

The birth of a Son

Lo-ammi i.e. not my people. Observe the climax in the names. -Jezreel" announces the judgement; Lo-ruhamah, the withdrawal of Jehovah's affection; Lo-ammi, the treatment of Israel…

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