Hosea 1:8 (DRB)

Passage

And she weaned her that was called Without mercy. And she conceived, and bore a son.

Nearby Context

Hosea 1:6 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.

Hosea 1:7 And I will have mercy on the house of Juda, and I will save them by the Lord, their God: and I will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, nor by horses, nor by horsemen.

Hosea 1:8 And she weaned her that was called Without mercy. And she conceived, and bore a son.

Hosea 1:9 And he said: Call his name, Not my people: for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

Hosea 1:10 And the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, that is without measure, and shall not be numbered. And it shall be in the place where it shall be said to them: You are not my people: it shall be said to them: Ye are the sons of the living God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "mercy", "weaned", "without", "conceived", and "bore". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "mercy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "And I will have mercy on the..." into verse 9's "And he said Call his name Not...", so "called" and "mercy" belong inside that flow. In Hosea context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "called" and "mercy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.