Hosea 1:6
Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the Lord said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
Note Lo-ruhamah means she has not received mercy.
And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
Note Lo-ruhamah: that is, Not having obtained mercy
Note no…: Heb. not add any more to
Note but…: or, that I should altogether pardon them
She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.
Note Lo-Ruhamah means “not loved”.
And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And Jehovah said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Lo-ruhamah
- that is, Not having obtained mercy.
- Hosea 2:23; 1 Peter 2:10
- for
- 2 Kings 17:6, 23–41; Isaiah 27:11
- no more have
- Heb. not add any more to have. but I willutterly take them away. or, that I should altogether pardon them.
- Hosea 9:15–17