Hosea 1:6 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter,.... One of the weaker sex; denoting the weaker state of the kingdom of Israel after Jeroboam, as Kimchi thinks; Zachariah his son reigning but six months, and Shallum the son of Jabesh, his successor, reigned but one month, 2Ki 15:8, and God said unto him, call her name Loruhamah; which signifies, "she hath not obtained mercy": and what follows explains it to the same sense.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

If pardoning mercy is denied, no other mercy can be expected, for that opens the door to all the rest. Some make this to speak comfort: I will no more have mercy upon them till in pardoning I shall pardon them, that is, till the Redeemer comes to Zion to turn away ungodliness from Jacob. The Chaldee reads it, But, if they repent, in pardoning I will pardon them.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Call her Lo-ruhamah - לא רהמה, “Not having obtained mercy.” This also was a prophetic or typical name; and the reason of its imposition is immediately given: For I will no more have mercy - כי לא אושיף עיד ארחם ki lo osiph od arachem, “For I will no more add to have mercy upon the house of Israel.” This refers to the total destruction of that kingdom.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Lo-ruhamah--that is, "not an object of mercy or gracious favor." take . . . away--Israel, as a kingdom, was never restored from Assyria, as Judah was from Babylon after seventy years. MAURER translates according to the primary meaning, "No more will I have mercy on the house of Israel, so as to pardon them."

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתַּ֤הַר	va.Ta.har	and she conceived	H2029 →
עוֹד֙	'Od	again	H5750 →
וַתֵּ֣לֶד	va.Te.led	and she bore	H3205 →
בַּ֔ת	Bat	a daughter	H1323 →
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
ל֔וֹ	lo	to him
קְרָ֥א	ke.Ra'	call	H7121 →
שְׁמָ֖הּ	she.Mah	name her	H8034 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	Lo-	H3819 →
רֻחָ֑מָה	ru.Cha.mah	Ruhamah	H3819 →
כִּי֩	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹ֨א	lo'	not	H3808 →
אוֹסִ֜יף	'o.Sif	I will repeat	H3254 →
ע֗וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
אֲרַחֵם֙	'a.ra.Chem	I will have compassion on	H7355 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בֵּ֣ית	beit	[the] house of	H1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
כִּֽי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
נָשֹׂ֥א	na.So'	certainly <forgive>	H5375 →
אֶשָּׂ֖א	'e.Sa'	I will forgive	H5375 →
לָהֶֽם׃	la.Hem	<to> them

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hosea 2:23
And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they…
leads to
- Romans 9:25–26
  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,”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Hosea 1:9–10
  And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:9–10
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- Zechariah 13:9
  This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They…
- Romans 3:29
  Is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too,
Through
1 Peter 2:10
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.
leads to
- Hosea 2:23
  And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they…
- Hebrews 4:16
  Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
- Romans 11:6–7
  And if it is by grace, then it is no longer by works. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace.