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Then the LORD said to Hosea, &#8220Call her Lo-Ruhamah (which means &#8220not loved&#8221), for I will no longer show love to Israel, that I should at all forgive them. <a href="/nlt/hosea/1.htm">New Living Translation</a> Soon Gomer became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to Hosea, “Name your daughter Lo-ruhamah—‘Not loved’—for I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them. <a href="/esv/hosea/1.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/hosea/1.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/kjv/hosea/1.htm">King James Bible</a> And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/1.htm">New King James Version</a> And she conceived again and bore a daughter. Then God said to him: “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, For I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, But I will utterly take them away. <a href="/nasb_/hosea/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer take pity on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. <a href="/nasb/hosea/1.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to him, &#8220Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. <a href="/nasb77/hosea/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them. <a href="/lsb/hosea/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And Yahweh said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. <a href="/amp/hosea/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-Ruhamah (not shown mercy), for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. <a href="/csb/hosea/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to him: Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel. I will certainly take them away. <a href="/hcsb/hosea/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to him: Name her No Compassion, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel. I will certainly take them away. <a href="/asv/hosea/1.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/hosea/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Later, Gomer had a daughter, and the LORD said, "Name her Lo-Ruhamah, because I will no longer have mercy and forgive Israel. <a href="/erv/hosea/1.htm">English Revised Version</a> And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And the LORD 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. <a href="/gwt/hosea/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Gomer became pregnant again and had a daughter. The LORD told Hosea, "Name her Lo Ruhamah [Unloved]. I will no longer love the nation of Israel. I will no longer forgive them. <a href="/gnt/hosea/1.htm">Good News Translation</a> Gomer had a second child--this time it was a daughter. The LORD said to Hosea, "Name her 'Unloved,' because I will no longer show love to the people of Israel or forgive them. <a href="/isv/hosea/1.htm">International Standard Version</a> Gomer conceived again and gave birth to a daughter, so the LORD told Hosea, "Name her 'Lo-ruhamah,' because I will no longer be showing mercy to the house of Israel, nor will I forgive them. <a href="/msb/hosea/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/hosea/1.htm">NET Bible</a> She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the LORD said to him, "Name her 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity on the nation of Israel. For I will certainly not forgive their guilt. <a href="/nheb/hosea/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, "Call her name 'No Compassion,' for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them. <a href="/wbt/hosea/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And God said to 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. <a href="/web/hosea/1.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And she conceives again, and bears a daughter, and He says to him, “Call her name Lo-Ruhamah [(Not Loved)], for I no longer pity the house of Israel, for I utterly take them away; <a href="/ylt/hosea/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And she conceiveth again, and beareth a daughter, and He saith to him, 'Call her name Lo-Ruhamah, for I add no more to pity the house of Israel, for I do utterly take them away; <a href="/slt/hosea/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And she will yet conceive and bring forth a daughter. And he will say to him, Call her name, Not being compassionated: for I will no more add to compassionate the house of Israel; for taking away, I will take them away.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And she conceived again, and bore a daughter, and he said to him: Call her name, Without mercy: for I will not add any more to have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will utterly forget them. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And after a while, she conceived and bore a daughter. And he said to him: “Call her name, Without Mercy, for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, but I will utterly forget them. <a href="/nabre/hosea/1.htm">New American Bible</a> She conceived again and bore a daughter. The LORD said to him: Give her the name “Not-Pitied,” for I will no longer feel pity for the house of Israel: rather, I will utterly abhor them. <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> She conceived again and bore a daughter. Then the LORD said to him, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel or forgive them.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And she conceived again and bore a daughter. And the LORD said to him, Call her name La-ethrakhmath (not beloved); for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; and I will utterly cause them to be carried away captive. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And she conceived again and she bore a daughter and LORD JEHOVAH said to me: ‘call her name “La Ethrakhmath” because I do not continue to show compassion on those of the house of Israel but I am certainly removing them<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And He said unto him: 'Call her name Lo-ruhamah; for I will no more have compassion upon the house of Israel, that I should in any wise pardon them. <a href="/sep/hosea/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said to him, Call her name, Unpitied: for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel, but will surely set myself in array against them. <a href="/parallel/hosea/1-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=60" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hosea/1.htm">Hosea's Wife and Children</a> …5And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.” 6<a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more.">Gomer again</a> <a href="/hebrew/2029.htm" title="2029: wat·ta·har (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To conceive, become pregnant. A primitive root; to be pregnant, conceive.">conceived</a> <a href="/hebrew/3205.htm" title="3205: wat·tê·leḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage.">and gave birth to</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: baṯ (N-fs) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">a daughter,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">and the LORD said</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">to Hosea,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: qə·rā (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">“Name</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·māh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">her</a> <a href="/hebrew/3819.htm" title="3819: lō (Prep) -- From lo' and racham; not pitied; Lo- Ruchamah, the symbol. Name of a son of Hosea."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3819.htm" title="3819: ru·ḥā·māh (N-proper-fs) -- From lo' and racham; not pitied; Lo- Ruchamah, the symbol. Name of a son of Hosea.">Lo-ruhamah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">I will no</a> <a href="/hebrew/3254.htm" title="3254: ’ō·w·sîp̄ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To add. A primitive root; to add or augment.">longer</a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ō·wḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7355.htm" title="7355: ’ă·ra·ḥêm (V-Piel-Imperf-1cs) -- To love, have compassion. A primitive root; to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate.">have compassion</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">on the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: nā·śō (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">I should ever</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: ’eś·śā (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">forgive</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">them.</a> 7Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18</a> So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained, <a href="/jeremiah/7-16.htm">Jeremiah 7:16</a> As for you, do not pray for these people, do not offer a plea or petition on their behalf, and do not beg Me, for I will not listen to you. <a href="/isaiah/7-13.htm">Isaiah 7:13-17</a> Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, O house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of men? Will you try the patience of my God as well? / Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin will be with child and give birth to a son, and will call Him Immanuel. / By the time He knows enough to reject evil and choose good, He will be eating curds and honey. ... <a href="/jeremiah/11-14.htm">Jeremiah 11:14</a> As for you, do not pray for these people. Do not raise up a cry or a prayer on their behalf, for I will not be listening when they call out to Me in their time of disaster. <a href="/isaiah/1-15.htm">Isaiah 1:15</a> When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. <a href="/2_kings/17-23.htm">2 Kings 17:23</a> Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day. <a href="/jeremiah/14-11.htm">Jeremiah 14:11-12</a> Then the LORD said to me, “Do not pray for the well-being of this people. / Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.” <a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Isaiah 27:11</a> When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor. <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. <a href="/romans/9-25.htm">Romans 9:25-26</a> As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,” / and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’” <a href="/1_peter/2-10.htm">1 Peter 2:10</a> Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Isaiah 43:28</a> So I will disgrace the princes of your sanctuary, and I will devote Jacob to destruction and Israel to reproach.” <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Jeremiah 15:1</a> Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go! <a href="/isaiah/65-15.htm">Isaiah 65:15</a> You will leave behind your name as a curse for My chosen ones, and the Lord GOD will slay you; but to His servants He will give another name. <a href="/luke/13-34.htm">Luke 13:34-35</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And God said to him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.Lo-ruhamah.<a href="/hosea/2-23.htm">Hosea 2:23</a> And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.<a href="/1_peter/2-10.htm">1 Peter 2:10</a> Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.for.<a href="/2_kings/17-6.htm">2 Kings 17:6,23-41</a> In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes… <a href="/isaiah/27-11.htm">Isaiah 27:11</a> When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.no more have.<a href="/hosea/9-15.htm">Hosea 9:15-17</a> All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/1-3.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/hosea/1-3.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/daniel/9-9.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/hosea/1-3.htm">Conceived</a> <a href="/hosea/1-3.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/daniel/9-19.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">House</a> <a href="/hosea/1-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">Lo-Ruhamah</a> <a href="/daniel/9-9.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-20.htm">Pardon</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-25.htm">Pitied</a> <a href="/daniel/1-9.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/daniel/11-44.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/daniel/12-13.htm">Way</a> <a href="/daniel/12-10.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">Bore</a> <a href="/hosea/1-7.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">Conceived</a> <a href="/micah/1-13.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/hosea/1-7.htm">House</a> <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">Lo-Ruhamah</a> <a href="/hosea/1-7.htm">Mercy</a> <a href="/joel/3-21.htm">Pardon</a> <a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">Pitied</a> <a href="/hosea/1-7.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/hosea/10-15.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/hosea/2-6.htm">Way</a> <a href="/hosea/13-13.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 1</div>1. <a href="/hosea/1-1.htm">Hosea, to show God's judgment for spiritual unfaithfulness, takes Gomer,</a> 4. <a href="/hosea/1-4.htm">and has by her Jezreel;</a> 6. <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">Loruhamah;</a> 8. <a href="/hosea/1-8.htm">and Lo-Ammi.</a> 10. <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">The restoration of Judah and Israel under one head.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter Gomer, the wife of Hosea, symbolizes the unfaithfulness of Israel to God. Her conception and the birth of a daughter represent the continuation of Israel's spiritual adultery. In the cultural context, the birth of a daughter might have been seen as less significant than a son, highlighting the diminished status of Israel in God's eyes due to their unfaithfulness.and the LORD said to Hosea The direct communication from the LORD to Hosea underscores the prophetic nature of Hosea's ministry. This divine instruction emphasizes the authority and authenticity of the message Hosea is to deliver. It reflects the intimate relationship between God and His prophets, where God reveals His will and judgments.Name her Lo-ruhamah The name "Lo-ruhamah" means "not loved" or "not pitied." In biblical times, names were often symbolic and carried significant meaning. This name serves as a prophetic sign of God's impending judgment on Israel. It indicates a withdrawal of divine mercy and compassion, a stark warning to the nation.for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel This phrase indicates a turning point in God's relationship with Israel. Historically, Israel had repeatedly turned away from God, despite His continued compassion and mercy. This declaration signifies that the time for repentance is running out, and judgment is imminent. It reflects the covenantal relationship where blessings and curses were contingent on Israel's obedience.that I should ever forgive them The statement highlights the severity of Israel's sin and the consequences of their persistent idolatry and rebellion. It connects to the broader biblical theme of God's justice and the necessity of repentance. While God's forgiveness is abundant, it is not unconditional; it requires a genuine turning back to Him. This phrase foreshadows the eventual exile of Israel, serving as a sobering reminder of the cost of unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a> A prophet called by God to deliver His message to the Northern Kingdom of Israel. His life and marriage serve as a symbolic representation of God's relationship with Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/g/gomer.htm">Gomer</a> Hosea's wife, whose unfaithfulness symbolizes Israel's unfaithfulness to God through idolatry and sin. 3. <a href="/topical/l/lo-ruhamah.htm">Lo-ruhamah</a> The daughter of Hosea and Gomer, whose name means "not loved" or "no mercy." Her name signifies God's impending judgment and withdrawal of compassion from Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_israel.htm">The House of Israel</a> Refers to the Northern Kingdom, which had turned away from God and was facing His judgment due to their persistent idolatry and sin. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant God of Israel, who communicates His message of judgment through Hosea.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">Understanding God's Justice and Mercy</a> God's decision to withhold compassion from Israel is a response to their persistent sin and unfaithfulness. It serves as a reminder that God's mercy is not to be presumed upon without repentance. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_unfaithfulness.htm">The Consequences of Unfaithfulness</a> Just as Gomer's unfaithfulness had consequences, so does spiritual unfaithfulness. This passage calls believers to examine their own lives for areas of unfaithfulness to God. <a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_restoration.htm">The Hope of Restoration</a> While this verse speaks of judgment, the broader account of Hosea includes themes of restoration and hope, pointing to God's ultimate desire for reconciliation with His people. <a href="/topical/n/names_as_prophetic_symbols.htm">Names as Prophetic Symbols</a> The naming of Lo-ruhamah serves as a prophetic act, illustrating how God uses tangible symbols to communicate spiritual truths.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) Lo-ruhamah.--"Unloved," or, perhaps, "unpitied." The prophet's growing despondency about his country's future is revealed in her name. The rest of the verse is best rendered--For I will no longer have pity on the house of Israel, that I should indeed forgive them.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah. The first birth symbolized the blood-guiltiness and idolatry of Israel, and the consequent destruction. Two other births follow to confirm the certainty of the coming calamity, to develop it further, and exhibit the nation ever which it impended under new phases, as also to show the prospect of deliverance to be hopeless. The change of sex may indicate the totality of the nation, male and female, as Keil thinks; or rather the weak and defenseless condition of Israel after their bow was broken and their power crushed by the enemy. They are new ready to be led into captivity, like a female helpless and powerless and exposed to ell the insults of the conquerors. The birth of the daughter is thus explained by Kimchi: "After she had borne a so which is a proverbial reference to Jeroboam the son of Joash... she bore a daughter, who refers parabolically to Zechariah and to Shallum son of Jabesh, who reigned after him, who were weak as a female." The name given to the child is Unpitied, or Unfavored, if ruchamah be taken as a mutilated participle, the initial mere being dropped, though it is not found in close connection with a participle; or, She-is-not-pitied, if the word be a verb. In either case, the mercy which if exercised would save her from the miseries of captivity, is clean gone; and the love which, if it existed, would prompt that exercise of mercy, is no longer to be looked for. For I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away (margin, that I should altogether pardon them). Aben Ezra quotes the correct meaning as follows: "Some say that נילי is that I have up till now forgiven their iniquity; "and Kimchi: "Hitherto I have forgiven and pardoned them, because I have had mercy upon them; but I shall continue to do so no more." עֶוד again, from עוּד, to return or repeat. The construction of the first clause is peculiar. Rosenmüller cites as parallel <a href="/isaiah/47-1.htm">Isaiah 47:1, 5</a> and <a href="/proverbs/23-35.htm">Proverbs 23:35</a>; but more exact parallels are <a href="/1_samuel/2-3.htm">1 Samuel 2:3</a> and <a href="/hosea/6-3.htm">Hosea 6:3</a>, in both of which, and also in the text, Kimchi and Aben Ezra understand asker before the second verb. The last clause of the verse, however, presents a real difficulty, as we may infer from the variety of interpretations to which it has been subjected. The LXX. has Ἀνψιτασσόμενος ἀντιτάξομαι, "But I will surely set myself in array against them." Jerome, confounding the verb with נשׂה translates, "But I will entirely forget them." Rashi: "I will distribute to them a portion of their cup and of their deeds," viz. as they have deserved by their deeds, Kimchi: "I will raise up enemies against them, who shall carry them into captivity and lay waste their land."Aben Ezra: "I will take them away;" he quotes for this meaning of the text <a href="/job/32-2.htm">Job 32:2</a>, and takes the prefix le as the Aramaic sign of the accusative, giving as a notable example of the same <a href="/2_samuel/3-30.htm">2 Samuel 3:30</a>, haregu leabner for eth-abner. The Syriac Version is similar. A more feasible rendering, if the meaning of "take away" be retained, is that of Hengstenberg and others, who translate it: "I will utterly take away from them, or with regard to them," viz. everything. We prefer the sense of "pardon," as given in the Chaldee; in the margin of the Authorized Version; by Ewald, Wunsche, and Delitzsch; and mentioned by Aben Ezra and Kimchi. Thus it will read: "I will no more favor them that I should verily forgive them." The flint verb literally means the pitiful yearning of parental love - the strong feeling of affection which the Greeks expressed by στοργή. Paul's rendering of the word with the privative denotes absence of love; and Peter's the absence of mercy. Both notions are contained in the word, and their relation is well explained by Pussy, who says, It is tender love in him who pitieth; mercy as shown to him who needeth mercy." Now, the connection between such tenderness of love and forgiving mercy is natural and close. Many an instance of this had been experienced in the previous history of Israel; many a time God's compassion had been extended to his erring people, notwithstanding their manifold provocations; but that day is gone - the Divine long-suffering is exhausted. Once Israel is carried captive, there shall be no return; no mercy to restore them, as in the case of Judah. <a href="/commentaries/hosea/1-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>[Gomer] again עוֹד֙ (‘ō·wḏ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5750.htm">Strong's 5750: </a> Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more conceived וַתַּ֤הַר (wat·ta·har) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2029.htm">Strong's 2029: </a> To conceive, become pregnant and gave birth to וַתֵּ֣לֶד (wat·tê·leḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3205.htm">Strong's 3205: </a> To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage a daughter, בַּ֔ת (baṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> A daughter and [the LORD] said וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to [Hosea], ל֔וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> “Name קְרָ֥א (qə·rā) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> To call, proclaim, read her שְׁמָ֖הּ (šə·māh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name Lo-ruhamah, רֻחָ֑מָה (ru·ḥā·māh) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3819.htm">Strong's 3819: </a> Lo-ruhamah -- 'without compassion', symbolic name of Hosea's daughter for כִּי֩ (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I will no לֹ֨א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no longer אוֹסִ֜יף (’ō·w·sîp̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3254.htm">Strong's 3254: </a> To add, augment have compassion אֲרַחֵם֙ (’ă·ra·ḥêm) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7355.htm">Strong's 7355: </a> To fondle, to love, to compassionate on the house בֵּ֣ית (bêṯ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc that כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I should ever נָשֹׂ֥א (nā·śō) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take forgive אֶשָּׂ֖א (’eś·śā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> To lift, carry, take them. לָהֶֽם׃ (lā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/1-6.htm">Hosea 1:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/1-6.htm">Hosea 1:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/1-6.htm">Hosea 1:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/1-6.htm">Hosea 1:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/1-6.htm">Hosea 1:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/1-6.htm">Hosea 1:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/1-6.htm">Hosea 1:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/1-6.htm">Hosea 1:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/1-6.htm">Hosea 1:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/1-6.htm">Hosea 1:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/1-6.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 1:6 She conceived again and bore a daughter (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/1-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 1:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 1:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/1-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 1:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 1:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>