Hosea 1 · Verse 9

Hosea 1:9

Then said God, Call his name Lo–ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
Hosea 1:9, King James Version

Hosea 1:9 in other translations

BSBAnd the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
WEBHe said, “Call his name Lo-Ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.
ASVAnd Jehovah said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
YLTand He saith, ‘Call his name Lo-Ammi, for ye are not My people, and I am not for you;
DARBYand he said, Call his name Lo-ammi; for ye are not my people, and I will not be for you.
BBEAnd the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.
WebsterThen said God, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

What does Hosea 1:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. Lo-Ammi--once "My people," but henceforth not so (Eze 16:8). The intervals between the marriage and the successive births of the three children, imply that three successive generations are intended. Jezreel, the first child, represents the dynasty of Jeroboam I and his successors, ending with Jehu's shedding the blood of Jeroboam's line in Jezreel; it was there that Jezebel was slain, in vengeance for Naboth's blood shed in the same Jezreel (1Ki 16:1; 2Ki 9:21, 30). The scenes of Jezreel were to be enacted over again on Jehu's degenerate race. At Jezreel Assyria routed Israel [Jerome]. The child's name associates past sins, intermediate punishments, and final overthrow. Lo-ruhamah ("not pitied"), the second child, is a daughter, representing the effeminate period which followed the overthrow of the first dynasty, when Israel was at once abject and impious. Lo-Ammi ("not my people"), the third child, a son, represents the vigorous dynasty (2Ki 14:25) of Jeroboam II; but, as prosperity did not bring with it revived piety, they were still not God's people.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Call his name Lo-ammi - לא עמי Lo-ammi, "Not my people;" for which the reason is immediately given: Ye are not my people, and I will not be your God - The word God is not added here by any of the ancient versions or MSS.; and yet the construction absolutely requires it, as Houbigant properly observes, who thinks the present reading לא אהיה לכם lo eheyeh lachem, "I will not be to you," a corruption of the word אלחיכם eloheychem, "your God." It is strange that no various reading occurs on this verse in any MS. yet discovered. In two of the oldest of mine there is a blank of half a line left after the last word; and so it is in the Masoretic Bibles, though the sense is not complete; for it is evidently continued in the following verse. Probably God refers to the words, Exo 3:14 : אהיה אשר אהיה I am that I am. I am, אהיה eheyeh, - I shall be, hath sent me unto you. I will not be your eheyeh, i.e., I will not be your God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 1:8-11

The rejection of Israel for a time, is signified by the name of another child: call him Lo-ammi, "not my people." The Lord disowns all relation to them. We love him, because he first loved us; but our being cast out of covenant, is owing to ourselves and our folly. Mercy is remembered in the midst of wrath; the rejection, as it shall not be total, so it shall not be final. The same hand that wounded, is stretched…

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Hosea 1:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
קְרָ֥אke.Ra'callH7121
שְׁמ֖וֹshe.Moname hisH8034
לֹ֣אlo'Lo-H3818
עַמִּ֑י'a.MiAmmiH3818
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
אַתֶּם֙'a.TemyouH859
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
עַמִּ֔י'a.Mi[are] people myH5971
וְאָנֹכִ֖יve.'a.no.Khiand IH595
לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
אֶהְיֶ֥ה'eh.YehI will belongH1961
לָכֶֽם\׃\ \סla.Khemto you

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Hosea 1:9

  • Jeremiah 15:1

    Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lo-ammi. that is, Not my people.
Jer 15:1

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Context

  • Hosea 1:8

    Now when she had weaned Lo–ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.

  • Hosea 1:9

    Then said God, Call his name Lo–ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

  • Hosea 1:10

    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

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Hosea 1:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y dijo Dios: Ponle por nombre Lo-ammi: porque vosotros no sois mi pueblo, ni yo seré vuestro Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il dit: Appelle son nom Lo-Ammi, car vous n’êtes pas mon peuple, et je ne serai pas à vous.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er sprach: Gib ihm den Namen Lo-Ammi denn ihr seid nicht mein Volk, und ich, ich will nicht euer sein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixit: Voca nomen ejus, Non populus meus, quia vos non populus meus, et ego non ero vester.